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Charles Eisenstein at the 2013 Economics of Happiness Conference

This is Charles Eisenstein's plenary talk at Local Futures/ISEC's Economics of Happiness conference held in Byron Bay, Australia in March 2013. Charles is the author of The Yoga of Eating, The Ascent of Humanity and Sacred Economics.

Note: The audio improves at the 0:50 minute mark.

For more information about the conference or the work of Local Futures/ISEC, go to www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org

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