Steering Societies Beyond GDP to the SDGs with Hazel Henderson and Vicki Robin

Originally aired October 8, 2020

In this installment of SSF’s Steering Societies Beyond GDP to the SDGs series, ecological economist Hazel Henderson is joined by Vicki Robin — co-author of the international best-seller Your Money or Your Life — to examine why money isn’t what most people think it is, and why that matters profoundly for life on Earth. Together they explore how the UN Sustainable Development Goals can replace GDP as the basis for valuing society, guiding an economy rooted in planetary protection and human well-being.

Speakers

Hazel Henderson

Futurist & Ecological Economist; Founder, Ethical Markets Media

Hazel Henderson was a world-renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, and author of numerous books on sustainable development and ethical markets. She founded Ethical Markets Media and developed the Ethical Markets Quality of Life Indicators as an alternative to GDP. Her lifelong work challenged conventional economics and advocated for measuring progress through human and planetary well-being.

Vicki Robin

Author, Your Money or Your Life; Co-Founder, New Road Map Foundation

Vicki Robin is co-author, with Joe Dominguez, of the international best-seller Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence. A renowned thought leader on financial independence, sufficiency, and the relationship between consumption and the environment, she co-founded the New Road Map Foundation and has spent decades helping people and societies question the assumption that more money and more consumption equals more happiness.