The Economics of Human Flourishing
25 videos • 978 views • by PovertyCure Oikonomia: (n) management of the household We focus a lot on the material differences between the so-called "rich" and the so-called "poor." We are inundated with news of the growing income gap and our brothers and sisters in the developing world are all-too-often defined by how many dollars a day they have in their pockets. But the real gaps, the real injustices, are the immaterial ones below the surface. In this playlist, we dig into the foundations upon which prosperous societies have been built. We see how things like property rights and rule of law are essential and most often overlooked elements of development. The world's leading development experts Paul Collier, Carolyn Woo, Hernando de Soto, Muhammad Yunus, and Harvard's Marcela Escobari explore the crucial importance of these foundations, as well as the spiritual dimension of these issues.