Is It Harder to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone?

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It's tough to get out of your own way, right? And I've prided myself in a career where I've stepped out of the comfort zone as an economist. But it's more challenging to step out of my comfort zone as a white male, cisgender individual and Western society. "I like kind of being in that danger zone of the little bit about a lot of things"

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.