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 IN  UK, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND, THAILAND, AUSTRALIA

Upcoming Events:

London, UK

Rudolf Steiner - Economist of Tomorrow  (see flier)

Known mainly in this country for his work in education, Rudolf Steiner also made an important contribution to modern economics. In these seminars some of Steiner's key thoughts will be explored against the background of today's events.

11 October - When Finance Rocks. What is the future for central banks?

8 November - Rethinking The Corporation. Is there a baby in the bathwater?

6 December - Deep AccountingInternational standards = world currency?

6.30 pm Thursdays, London School of EconomicsRoom D6, Clement House, Aldwych. Each session will begin with a focusing contribution as the basis for a free ranging discussion by the participants. Attendance charge: £5 (Students £3)

STROUD, UK
The Colours of Money Seminar - 12-14 October 2007
The main subjects covered concern the competence of those responsible for economic activities, the need for appropriate structures, accounting as a universal language, and the importance of clear finances shared in regular meetings.  (click here for the flier)
Contact Arthur Edwards (01452 810764) or Christopher Houghton Budd (01227 738207)

Melbourne, Brisbane, Australia

A series of events in Melbourne and Brisbane will be taking place between 26 October - 4 November 2007. These include the Colours of Money Seminar 26-28th October in Melbourne and 7 lecture presentations over that period with the following titles (TBC):

1 Deep Accounting - Rudolf Steiner and today's international accounting standards
2 The Right On Corporation - Overcoming the For-Profit / Not-for-profit divide
3 Rudolf Steiner, Economist (in link with certain of his blackboard drawings)
4 The importance of freely funded education           
5 Rare Albion and the Wizard of Oz                   
6 Freeing the Circling Stars - independent education as a public benefit
7 Rare Albion and the Wizard of Oz   

Christopher Houghton Budd, who will be presenting the above events (and is available for case study consultancy) writes as follows of the public lectures:               
Rudolf Steiner is not well-known as an economist, yet he had much to say that is perhaps only now coming to clear historical relevance. In these lectures, a wide range of modern-day problems is addressed - accounting, the role of the corporation, educational finance, and monetary policy – in ways that combine ‘big picture’ analysis with practicable hands-on, micro-level responses. Rudolf Steiner is perhaps unique among economists for his grasp of what today is called ‘the plot’, that is the point and purpose of what takes place under the heading of economic development. His view is one that does not hark back to bygone days, nor is it an apology for capitalism in its less fortunate aspects; rather, Steiner understands economics in link with the evolution of consciousness and in particular the shift from narrow or exclusive egoism to enlarged or inclusive egoism. Catching and following this inner story is the key to understanding his approach, as it is also to knowing how to relate to current events.

Whether we are adults playing the markets (either directly or through agents), individuals trying to undertake new initiatives (often without sufficient capital), young people in high school not sure what to make of the business world that informs our actions and beckons to us on all fronts, or policy makers trying to figure out what macro policy will bring real and lasting change – we would all stand to gain from understanding how economic life is a reflection of our spiritual life, especially our life of will.

For full details of the programme please contact either of the hosts:
Brisbane: Vicki Kearney (vicki@avenuesforchange.com)
Melbourne: Gianna Mazzone (giannam@optusnet.com.au)
  or         chb@christopherhoughtonbudd.com

Past Events:

LONDON, UK
RUDOLF STEINER, ECONOMIST
Monthly presentation-based conversations exploring Rudolf Steiner’s contribution to economic issues:
Fridays:
2 March: The Economic Ideas of D. N. Dunlop
30 March:    The 1930s. A Forgotten Moment in Economic History?
Contact Arthur Edwards (01452 810764) or Christopher Houghton Budd (01227 738207) or email economics@goetheanum.org. Time:  7.15 - 9.00 pm  / Cost: £5 / Venue:  Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road NW1 6XT 0207 723 4400 / Baker Street Tube

STROUD, UK
The Colours of Money Seminar - 16-18 March 2007
The main subjects covered concern the competence of those responsible for economic activities, the need for appropriate structures, accounting as a universal language, and the importance of clear finances shared in regular meetings.
Contact Arthur Edwards (01452 810764) or Christopher Houghton Budd (01227 738207)

TWO COMMEMORATIONS, UK

Owen Barfield and Walter Stein will both be featured in AEM this year in our survey of the beginnings of associative economics in the 1930s. Their work will also be marked with two events looking at the relevance of their work for today.

    OWEN BARFIELD - 19 MAY, LONDON

    On May 19th the focus will be on Owen Barfield, whose biography came out last year.* Though best known as an ‘Inkling’ and for his friendship with C S Lewis, Barfield was also the first translator of Rudolf Steiner’s economics lectures and a frequent and perceptive writer on economic matters in his own right. Towards the end of his life in the 1990s, Barfield imagined an associative approach arising quietly out of practical life, rather than through a programme of some kind.
    * Owen Barfield, Romanticism comes of age. Simon Blaxland-De Lange, Temple Lodge, London.

    WALTER JOHANNES STEIN - 7 JULY, STROUD
    July 7th marks the 50th anniversary of Stein’s death. As a collaborator of DN Dunlop in producing World Review for the World Power Conference (now World Energy Council) and then as editor of The Present Age, Stein focused his powerful eclectic intellect on the conundrum of how, in an age of world economy, human beings would be able, without coercion, to create global rather than national thinking in approaching economic questions.

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BERLIN
Freitag, 9. und Samstag, 10. März 2007
DIE TORE ZU EINER ANDEREN WIRTSCHAFT
Seminar mit Dr. Christopher Houghton Budd  (Wirtschaftshistoriker aus England, Einberufender der Wirtschaftskonferenz am Goetheanum)
Freitag  9. März 2007
20:00 Vortrag I 
VON DEN ZWILLINGSTÜRMEN ZU DEN ZWILLINGSTOREN
-  Die Welt jenseits des Dollars
Samstag  10. März 2007
09:30 Seminar
11:00 Vortrag II
EIN TIEFERES VERSTÄNDNIS DER BUCHHALTUNG
- Die gemeinsame Sprache der Menschheit
14:00 Seminar
16:00 Vortrag III
DIE KÖRPERSCHAFT DER ZUKUNFT
Verbindung von Unternehmen und Zivilgesellschaft
20:00 Seminar
Vorträge in Englisch mit Übersetzung, Seminar auf Deutsch Information und Anmeldung: Benjamin Kolass, Tel  0179 498 23 98, benjamin@youthsection.org einzelner Vortrag 15.-/8.- Euro, gesamtes Seminar incl. Vorträge 80.-/60.- Euro

BASEL, SWITZERLAND
KEY ECONOMIC QUESTIONS OF OUR TIMES
Economics Conference Symposia in Dornach, Basel, Switzerland
Convenor: Dr. Christopher Houghton Budd Language: English with German as needed.
Friday Lectures 20.15 / Saturday Workshops 09.00 – 16.00
23/24 March          The Deeper Meaning of the Corporation
11/12 May      Comparing Associative Economics and Market Economics
15/16 June      Is an Association a Cartel?
These events are designed to focus on key economic questions of our times, not only in the world at large but also affecting the anthroposophical movement. The aim is to combine in-depth discussions with opportunities for attendance by those who would like to deepen their understanding of Rudolf Steiner’s economics in the light of today’s circumstances. For further information, please contact economics@goetheanum.org.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Beyond our Limits - The Future of Economic Life, Sydney, Australia
13-14 April 2006

Economic life is a uniquely human creation, born of ideas implemented by the will.  If we wish future economic life to be worthy of the human being then all will depend on the clarity of our ideas and the honesty of our will.

In this workshop, the aim will be to consider the deeper historical nature of so-called economic life, the esoteric significance of money, and the use of artistic media to make visual what a future economy might entail.  The main medium will be chalk on black paper but in other workshops participants have also had resource to poetry, music, drama and even agit-prop!

THAILAND
29 April - 2 May
Economics Workshop

VIENNA, AUSTRIA
26 - 28 May
The Metamorphosis of Capitalism
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