It is the general understanding of people that religion deals with the moral and spiritual aspects of life, and economics with the material aspect. If the role of economics is to accomplish a good life and religion, on the other hand, show us how to live a good life, then religion and economics should work together as partners. This presentation will maintain the view that a partnership between material and spiritual aspects of life are potent forces to solve economic problems and improve well-being and prosperity.
Hooshmand Badee is an academic economist with a Doctoral degree in Bahá’í economics. His Doctoral research title is "The Bahá’í teachings on economics and their implications for the Bahá’í community and the wider society." Hooshmand’s two recent books are Economics and the Bahá’í Faith; and Principles of Spiritual Economics – A Compilation from the Baha’i writings with an overview of Baha’i economics.
Hooshmand has worked as a lecturer of economics for more than 25 years in several universities, mainly in the West Indies and the UK. He was one of the founders of Carmel High School, a Bahá’í inspired school in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He is currently a faculty member at the Wilmette Institute in US and an academic member of the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) in Iran. He also offers an enterprise training program for the Baha’is in Iran and also for the refugees coming to Scotland, all on a voluntary basis.
He married and left Iran in 1975 and lived in Bangladesh, Canada and the Island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines before moving to the UK in 2001. Currently, he lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
