Social economist and best-selling author Juliet Schor recently sat down with the Boston College Chronicle for an interview about the buzz surrounding her new book, Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth. “People are facing situations with less money, less security and in a market where they are unemployed or underemployed,” Schor tells the Chronicle. “It is in our economic interest to understand that what makes sense for the planet makes sense for all of us.”

Schor will speak at the Winston Forum on Business Ethics Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Yawkey Center’s Murray Room and Nov. 17  at 4:30 p.m. in the O’Neill Reserve Room.