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Poverty of spirit in the midst of economic prosperity
Written by Masha Egupova
Ever since I was a little girl, my parents and teachers used to tell me that the secret to happiness and excellence lies in education. Good grades were synonymous with prosperity and wealth, they’d drill into me. Yet no one ever told me about life after school. What’s next? […]
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From Pakistan to Germany — For a Better Tomorrow
Written by Shahzeb Younis
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. While growing up in a tiny underdeveloped village in Pakistan, where even the availability of electricity was a blessing, I had seen the best and the worst of life at a very young age. The people around […]
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Redefining Success: the Story of the Blind Men and the Elephant
Written by Ajinkya
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. What is success? Why redefine it? What’s the deal with “sustainability”? Why is it important? If you attended the recently concluded Global Economic Symposium (GES 2013), you would have heard at least a dozen different perspectives […]
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“The Western Model of Development Is Past Its Sell-By Date!”
Written by Ajinkya
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Towards Sustainable Consumption.” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. Chandran Nair, the last speaker at the Sustainable Consumption session at GES 2013, electrified the hall with his contrarian ideas about sustainable consumption. From his perspective, the idea […]
