Manfred Max-Neef, Father of "Barefoot Economics" - Keynote at Zermatt Summit 2012

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How to move from the current crisis to a stable economy?
Manfred Max-Neef is a Chilean-German economist in the field of international development. His most important books are: “From the Outside Looking In; Experiences in Barefoot Economics” and “Human Scale Development”.
Originally published by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation.

Both books seek to counter the logic of economics with the ethics of wellbeing.His latest book: Economics Unmasked” is a profound critique of mainstream economics. He has worked for several UN agencies and betwen 1994 and 2002 he was Vice Chancelor of the Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia. In 1983 he received the Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize).

He holds honorary doctorates from Jordan, Colombia, Argentina and the United States, and has been recipient of the University Award of Highest Honour from Japan. At present he is the Director of the Economics Institute at the Universidad Austral de Chile. Member of the Club of Rome, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and the New York Academy of Sciences.

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Bunker Roy - Barefoot College

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Bunker Roy talks about founding Barefoot College.

Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement

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In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men -- many of them illiterate -- to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It's called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works.

Bunker Roy | Aprendendo com os ''pés descalços'' - Legendado PT
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