Originally published on the Economics of Happiness Blog. It’s a familiar story. On his final journey toward Jerusalem, Jesus stops in Bethany to eat at the home of Simon, a leper. A woman enters with an alabaster jar of expensive ointment; she breaks the jar and pours...
I ran into my friend Rick the other day in a small town near our homes in northern Vermont. He was just coming out of the bookstore, holding a pink plastic bag that, I would soon learn, contained a dozen eggs from his flock of free range hens. After a bit of small...
We have long been told a compelling story about the relationship between rich countries and poor countries. The story holds that the rich nations of the OECD give generously of their wealth to the poorer nations of the global south, to help them eradicate poverty and...
“I can’t accept the death of my imagination on a daily basis,” Caroline Woolard told us when we visited her at her studio in Lower Manhattan, “I’d rather have less money and work for something that I believe in.” Caroline is an artist that co-creates projects and...
They’ll say it was the year of consensus. The year it all began to come together. This year’s Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics at Cooper Union’s Great Hall began with Dr. Neal Goldsmith urging a full audience to reflect on the uncertain research...
