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Sacred Economics

Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition

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Sacred Economics

By: Charles Eisenstein
Narrated by: Steve Wojtas
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 Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme—but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.

This book is about how the money system will have to change—and is already changing—to embody this transition. A broadly integrated synthesis of theory, policy, and practice, Sacred Economics explores avant-garde concepts of the New Economics, including negative-interest currencies, local currencies, resource-based economics, gift economies, and the restoration of the commons. Author Charles Eisenstein also considers the personal dimensions of this transition, speaking to those concerned with "right livelihood" and how to live according to their ideals in a world seemingly ruled by money. Tapping into a rich lineage of conventional and unconventional economic thought, Sacred Economics presents a vision that is original yet commonsense, radical yet gentle, and increasingly relevant as the crises of our civilization deepen.

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I switched my business to the gift economy. A few of my friends have done the same. It’s already restored an excitement for “work” that I forgot could be there. I’m a therapist & for years I’ve hated to only treat people that can “afford” it, since so many people that truly need to look at their patterns & suppressed emotions, are people that have very little money.
My friends & I now laugh at how fun it is to treat every client with the same amount of love & care regardless of what they contribute financially.
We’ve already felt the reciprocity from the universe simply by continually trusting & showing up this way.
Thank you, Charles. Thank you a thousand times.

My life is changed.

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This is an amazing book. It gave me a lot of hope and inspiration. Eisenstein has crafted a seminal text and it has changed my whole outlook on life. I have much gratitude to him for this gift to the world. A must read.

Insightful and enlightening. Very well thought out and written

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This book changed my life. The only downside is realising we’re living in the wrong dimension. Absolutely inspiring

Life changing

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This book resonated with me and got me thinking. The content and concepts are substantial. It’s quite academic so it was a little tough to get into at first, and the constant footnotes interrupted the flow for me. I probably absorbed about 20% but eve that was worth it and at some point I’d like to skim through the hard copy and highlight the key ideas for me (you can download the book for free from the author’s website). Looking forward to diving into The Yoga of Eating next.

Serious food for thought

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Really powerful ideas contained in this book, and it is 12 years old at the time of my review!
performance was a bit boring, but clear and good enough to understand everything easily

Fantastic book

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this was a great book that made me smile alot in a time which is weighed down with doom n gloom alot, some sections went a bit over my head with technical details of economic systems however the overalll philosophy was very clear. I'm sure the more detailed sections ate very necessary to answer the more technical questions I'm sure some people have about the systems.

hope for the future

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Helped me to understand money from a spiritual and deep ecology perspective, and paves the way for a new relationship to money and each other. Thank you, Charles Eisenstein.

Life changing

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Sadly I couldn’t finish listening. The reader simply didn’t do this amazing work justice. Shame because it’s definitely a much needed book.

Great concepts

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