From Greed to Wellbeing: A Buddhist Approach to Resolving Our Economic and Financial Crises

Despite our fitful attempts over decades at reform, the global financial system seems caught in cycles of boom and bust, instability, and scandal. In this timely new book, Joel Magnuson builds on the classic works of E. F. Schumacher and other kindred spirits to provide a Buddhist economics perspective on this recurring pattern, and offers new possibilities for real change.

The book centers on the belief that greed, aggression, and delusion (Buddhism’s “three poisons”) are embedded within o...