By Clive Hamilton
For many years our political leaders and opinion makers have touted greater earning because the solution to a greater destiny. fiscal progress ability larger lives for us all. yet after a long time of sustained fiscal development and elevated own earning we needs to confront an lousy truth: we aren't any happier. this can be the good contradiction of contemporary politics.
In this provocative new e-book, Clive Hamilton argues that, faraway from being the reply to our difficulties, progress fetishism and the selling society lie on the center of our social ills. they've got corrupted our social priorities and political buildings, and feature created a profound experience of alienation between old and young. development Fetish is the 1st severe try at a politics of swap for wealthy international locations ruled by way of diseases of affluence, the place the true craving isn't really for extra money yet for genuine id, and the place the longer term lies in making a society that promotes the issues that actually do increase our wellbeing and fitness.
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If an order was placed, he could consider asking another factory to produce it or he could simply copy the product himself. He was not all that interested in producing electrical items, he said, so the lamp was something he would outsource. 13 P1: OTA/XYZ P2: ABC c02 JWBT400-Midler November 4, 2010 14 12:47 Printer Name: Courier Westford, Westford, MA Poorly Made in China I had never met anyone quite like Kevin. He was charming, in a devilish way, and he was of a sharper breed than most. He was defensive in keeping his workers behind a high wall—because he did not want his secrets leaked out—yet he aggressively sought to acquire the secrets of his competitors.
Sorry,” Kevin said. ” Kevin was protective, as I would soon understand. He took me to his office and asked me to have a seat. On his desk were two computer screens from which he could see the entire factory floor. I took an interest in the system, and with the controls, he showed me how he could change the camera angles and zoom in or out. He said it was important for him to stay on top of the workers, and he explained that his employees were not allowed to leave the premises. Many factories had such policies in place, but Kevin went P1: OTA/XYZ P2: ABC c02 JWBT400-Midler November 4, 2010 12:47 Printer Name: Courier Westford, Westford, MA Trouble Is My Business even further by holding the identification cards of his employees for additional protection.
It was the first time he had indicated to me that he was a member of the famed Syrian Jewish community, and it at least explained some things. For Bernie’s Chinese business partners anyway, the mumbled Hebrew prayer, the sleeve over the head, the polite refusal to eat certain foods—these were all likely rolled up with a dozen other behaviors that made him seem strange, but these did nothing to dampen their enthusiasm for the businessrelated opportunity. At the end of the day spent together, Bernie wanted to tour the factory again.