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How to Use Personal, Inner Development to Build Strong Democracies | Tomas Björkman

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Tomas Björkman is the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016), Världen vi skapar (eng. The World we Create) (2017) and, together with Lene Andersen, The Nordic Secret (2017).

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

Philosophy   Politics   The Big Picture   Transition
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