Crazy Town
Crazy Town
Post Carbon Institute
Et Tu, Bhutan? Cryptocurrency and Late-Stage Capitalism
36 minutes Posted Sep 10, 2025 at 9:00 am.
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Maximize profits, exploit nature, hoard money, and, like Buzz Lightyear, grow the economy to infinity and beyond! That’s the modern economic playbook. But for decades, one renegade country has taken a contrarian stance that actually cares about people’s wellbeing and environmental health: the Himalayan nation of Bhutan. When Bhutan embraced “Gross National Happiness” and a sane notion of progress, environmentalists and social reformers rejoiced. They spotlighted Bhutan as an example of how we...