What Are You Most Hopeful About?

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I think it's the priming. A lot of people get this wrong. Count the number of passes. That's what had the most work. When we slow down and reconnect to who we are as human beings, we can remember a very different kind of experience with the world. And yes, accept the mess that we're in, but have this built into a new, but kind of oddly familiar human story of harmony.

On this episode, Nate is joined by Sustainability Science and Policy Professor Jon Erickson. He and Nate dive into Jon’s new book The Progress Illusion: Reclaiming our Future from the Fairytale of Economics, which covers the economic myths that have shaped our modern reality. How can we reshape the narrative and shift the paradigm towards different economic systems that promote human and ecological well-being over material consumption?

About Jon Erickson:

Jon Erickson is the David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy at the University of Vermont. He has published widely on energy and climate change policy, land conservation, watershed planning, environmental public health, and the theory and practice of ecological economics. He advised presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on economics and energy issues.