#035 The Birth Pangs Of Love

This week we are joined by Charles Eisenstein. Charles is an author and public speaker, and self-described "degrowth activist". His book ‘Sacred Economics - Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition’, puts forward a radical alternative to our current monetary economy, based on degrowth, realigning money with ecology, changing the nature of work, and the return of the gift. Charles has a regular blog over at the ‘Reality Sandwich’, and occasionally contributes to the Guardian’s ‘Comment Is Free’ section.

We talk of money (of course!), our stories and ideologies, people power, exploitation, the occupy movement and revolution, and his optimism for the future. Enjoy!

http://www.realitysandwich.com/blog/1736

http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/charles-esenstein

http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Economics-Money-Society-Transition/dp/1583943978/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375134757&sr=1-1