
Doughnut Economics
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
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Kate Raworth
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Kate Raworth
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Doughnut Economics written and read by Kate Raworth.
Economics is broken. It has failed to predict, let alone prevent, financial crises that have shaken the foundations of our societies. Its outdated theories have permitted a world in which extreme poverty persists while the wealth of the super-rich grows year on year. And its blind spots have led to policies that are degrading the living world on a scale that threatens all of our futures.
Can it be fixed? In Doughnut Economics, Oxford academic Kate Raworth identifies seven critical ways in which mainstream economics has led us astray, and sets out a roadmap for bringing humanity into a sweet spot that meets the needs of all within the means of the planet. En route, she deconstructs the character of 'rational economic man' and explains what really makes us tick. She reveals how an obsession with equilibrium has left economists helpless when facing the boom and bust of the real-world economy. She highlights the dangers of ignoring the role of energy and nature's resources - and the far-reaching implications for economic growth when we take them into account. And in the process, she creates a new, cutting-edge economic model that is fit for the 21st century - one in which a doughnut-shaped compass points the way to human progress.
Ambitious, radical and rigorously argued, Doughnut Economics promises to reframe and redraw the future of economics for a new generation.
Longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2017
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The explanation of the history of económics explain the addiction of GDP growth and the logic of the economy needed for the next millenium creates a powerful case
crucial book for this decade of needed change.
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Engaging
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#gamechanger
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Inspiring and enlightening
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Amazing and inspirering
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A must read for anyone interested in sustainability
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Idealistic, provocative and preachy
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Fresh and fine
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We all need to support this view in our daily conversations and try to influence our politicians to change there thinking.
Time to act is limited, let’s get started!
Must read for every Economist who wants to understand the bigger picture
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Kate Loves economics and explains her arguments clearly and completely. While I am not sold on every argument from my perspective as an African reader living in Africa. For instance we can’t necessarily afford to pursue Green growth industrial policy, I am nonetheless happy to have read this book.
I found many ideas to pursue and examine further and my effort reading this book has not been wasted. Reading it in 2022 has also allowed me the chance to evaluate whether it stood the test of time. It did.
Must read
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