The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating A Caring Economics (AGENCY/DISTRIBUTED) - Softcover

"The Real Wealth of Nations gives us a template for the better world that we have been
so urgently seeking. As practical as it is hopeful, this brilliant book shows how we can
build economic systems that meet both our material and spiritual needs. It illuminates
the way to a bold and exciting new future."
--Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

"A call to action. Not only must politicians, businesses, and financial institutions change,
each one of us must play a role in developing a more caring society. This book is an
important tool that can help us make that happen
--Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute and United Nations
Messenger of Peace

"A prescription for an economic system that is both equitable and sustainable. It should
be read and used by everyone who wants a better world!'
--Deepak Chopra, author of why God Laughing? The Path to Joy and Spiritual Optimism

"Eisler delivers another impressive work that's remarkably well referenced. well argued
insightful and hopeful."
--Publishers Weekly

The great problems of our time such as poverty, inequality, war, terrorism, and environmental degradation are due in part to our flawed economic models that set the wrong priorities and misallocate resources. Conventional economic measures, policies, and practices fail to give visibility and value to the most essential human work the work of caring and caregiving. We can’t expect more caring policies and more life-affirming practices as long as our underlying system of values and social institutions devalue caring and caregiving. That is the argument in this provocative new book by eminent social scientist and bestselling author Riane Eisler.

This powerful book proposes that we need a radical reformulation of economics, one that supports caring and care giving at the individual, organizational, societal, and environmental levels. This “caring economics” takes into account the full spectrum of economic activities from the life-sustaining activities of the household, to the life-enriching activities of caregivers and communities of all types, to the life-supporting processes of nature. Eisler exposes the economic double standard that devalues anything stereotypically associated with women and femininity and how this distorts our values and our lives. She reveals how the current economics are based on a deep-seated culture of domination and shows how human needs would be better met if economics were based on caring. And she provides practical proposals for new economic inventions new measures, policies, rules, and practices to bring about a caring economics that meets human needs.