TY - JOUR AU - Brandhorst, Ulrike PY - 2017/03/02 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Media Review: Three Books on a New Economics: A German Perspective JF - Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies JA - IJPS VL - 4 IS - 1 SE - Media Review DO - 10.24926/ijps.v4i1.157 UR - https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/ijps/article/view/157 SP - AB - <p>The first part of this paper presents the ideas of Niko Paech and Christian Felber, two popular exponents of alternative economic models in Germany and Austria. Both authors invoke psychological and behavioral factors, noting that our current economic system is leaving people dependent, unhappy, and dissatisfied, and that this system’s values are contradictory to our constitutional and fundamental values. The book presented in the second part of the paper helps understand this absurdity. It’s Riane Eisler’s <em>The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics</em>, in which she explains how we can reach an understanding of connections that are still largely invisible, and change the mindsets responsible for replicating harmful behavior and policies reflected in our current economic system.</p> ER -