# Et Tu, Bhutan? Cryptocurrency and Late-Stage Capitalism

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Podcast: [Crazy Town](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crazy-town-1164162)
Published: 2025-09-10T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-09-10/crazy-town-episode-110-bhutan/
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## Resource

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...

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