Joel Magnusson

Joel Magnuson, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized economist specializing in non-orthodox approaches to political economy. He is currently a professor of economics in Portland, Oregon; a visiting fellow at the Ashcroft International Business School at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, England. He is an active member of an international research group based in Europe that is working toward new philosophical foundations for economic theory and practice. His book, Mindful Economics, demonstrates how the need for endless growth has intensified environmental destruction, resource depletion, instability, social and political inequality, and even global warming. He proposes democratic, community based economics as a key solution.

Appearing at these conference event(s):

• Nov. 21, 2009 - Economic Security, The Problem of Civilization, and Mindful Economics

Parkland Conferences participated in:

Parkland Fall Conference 2009

Multimedia:

2009-11-21 - Joel Magnuson - Beyond Destruction

2009-11-21 - Q&A with Magnuson, Cohen, and Jensen

Q&A with Joel Magnuson, Derrick Jensen and Marjorie Griffin Cohen on 11-21-2009 after their Parkland 2009 Fall Conference plenary session.

More info:

http://www.pcc.edu/staff/index.cfm/650,html