Kees Klomp is a professor of applied science at Rotterdam University for Applies Science and the co-founder of THRIVE Institute.
He is also a very wise, kind, funny and humble person who really has a knack for explaining everything you would want to know about economics so clearly
and easy to follow that it makes all those years of high school economics feel redundant because you learned more in one hour with Kees than you ever did in school ;))
In this episode we touch on the ways we are taught about neoclassical economics in school and why that is so problematic:
" It basically boils down society to one big marketplace and as it was all taught to us in our formative years, we have internalized this
[...] it basically becomes culture and this is where it gets really problematic."
Kees explains how we associate ourselves with our current economic system and how its inherent flaws also stem from the fact that it solely takes "material needs" into consideration (that in overproduction) which boils us down to walking wallets - which we are not - as we have spiritual, emotional, social,... needs as well.
He also debunks some myths about GDP and the state of our wealth, well-being and economic growth.
He stresses the need for the creation of a society which can flourish and blossom rather than purposelessly hustling from a 9 to 5 every day and
the need for "existential economics" that support all life in co-existence!
And we won't leave you with that cliff hanger and for you to figure out how we get there because Kees will be telling us
about the theory of system change he has developed that includes applicable, realistic steps on how to get closer to
a different reality that many of us desperately want and we all need 🌱🌍
Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀
which came alive through the voices of
Kees Klomp
and your host Stella Sage🌿
