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Towards A New Society: Considers the work of Stiglitz & makes suggestions on a New Irish Society
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JOSEPH STIGLITZ: TOWARDS A NEW SOCIETY
INTRODUCTION
Key concepts - Towards a New Society
Other societies around the world
What kind of society do you want
Our vision for the future
How economics
shapes society &
individuals
Moral Crisis
What you measure is what you
value
Community and Trust
KEY CONCEPTS Towards a New Society
HOW ECONOMICS SHAPES SOCIETY & INDIVIDUALS
Finance Jobs
Greed
Salary
Perception
Misallocation of scarcest resources
The effects of society on peoples choices
Moral Crisis
No responsibility
Lobbying Moral Deficit
Enron, Worldcom, Countrywide
OTHER EXPERTS .… A MORAL CRISIS?
Trevino: “good ethics is absolutely essential for
effective business practice’’
Handy: “Truth
concealed then
capitalism breaks down”
Allen: “Facade of neoliberalism cracked by
crisis”
Einstein: “we cannot
solve a problem out of the same
consciousness that give
it birth”
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
No responsibility for failure
Self interest doesn’t equal
societal gain
Individual & Corporate
Friedman: Business
has one social
responsibility and that is
“to use it resources and
engage in activities
designed to increase its
profits“
Handy: Urgent need to
devise a means of
retaining ‘the energy
produced by the old
model without its flaws’
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY – OTHER EXPERTS
Gabriel D'Arcy, CEO, Bord Na Mona: “only 5% of businesses that were around 75 years ago, are still around today and if Bord na Mona wants to continue to be one of them sustainable practices needs to be embraced”.
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY – OTHER EXPERTS
GDP : +10%
BUT
Household
Income : -4%
WHAT YOU MEASURE IS WHAT YOU VALUE
Between 2000 to 2008 in the USA:
Current measure of societal performance = GDP….
What about the Environment?
What about Health?
ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Median Income
Sustainability
Health
Education
Gross National Happiness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zqdqa4YNvI
GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS (GNH)
“Whatever work we do, whatever goals we have – and no matter how these may change in this changing world –
ultimately without peace, security and happiness we have nothing. That is the essence of the philosophy of Gross National Happiness. Our most important goal is the peace and happiness of our people and the security and sovereignty of the nation.”
COMMUNITY & TRUST
”The glue that holds all
relationships together -
including the relationship between the
leader and the led is trust, and trust
is based on integrity.”
Brian Tracy
Short sighted governments…
COMMUNITY & TRUST
SUMMARY
How economics
shapes society &
individuals
Moral Crisis
What you measure is what you
value
Community and Trust
WHAT KIND OF A SOCIETY DO YOU WANT?
What are our
options?
Denmark
Japan
Ireland
USA
India
Costa Rica
COSTA RICA #1 on the Happy Planet Index!
INDIA #9 in GDP, #115 in GNH
DENMARK
World’s Happiest Country in 2011
JAPAN #3 in GDP, #75 in Happy Planet Index
IRELAND #78 in Happy Planet Index
Horses in a field in front of a new house which has been left unfinished in County Leitrim. Leitrim is the worst affected county in Ireland with a housing stock that it is estimated will take nine years to clear
WHAT KIND OF A SOCIETY DO YOU WANT
? ?
What performance
measures should we use?
How should we plan for
scarcity?
How do we restore a sense of community &
trust?
How do we take
responsibility?
OUR VISION: A NEW MEASURE – A WHOLE SYSTEMS APPROACH
OUR VISION: A SUSTAINABLE IRISH SOCIETY
Energy Secure
Food Secure
Sustainable Water System
Irish Goods, services & systems
No to pollution
Protect bio-diversity
Education for Sustainability
Local & national resilience planning
OUR VISION: A RESPONSIBLE SOCIETY
Individual responsibility
Corporate Responsibility
Strategic Thinking
Embracing Sustainability
Ban Corporate Political
donations
Enforcement of legislation
Education
OUR VISION: COMMUNITY & TRUST
Foster Discourse
Community Sufficiency
Rebuild Trust