• Business in a Post-Growth World | Prof. Donnie Maclurcan, PhD

  • Oct 7 2023
  • Length: 52 mins
  • Podcast

Business in a Post-Growth World | Prof. Donnie Maclurcan, PhD

  • Summary

  • Donnie Maclurcan Ph.D. leads the Post Growth Institute, an international organization exploring how we thrive within ecological limits. Believing purpose-driven enterprise is at the heart of a healthy market economy, he has consulted to over 500 not-for-profit projects and businesses, across 32 countries. His own initiatives include leading the development of the Offers and Needs Market, the Post Growth Fellowship, the Post Growth Alliance, Free Money Day, the (En)Rich List, the Not for Profit Way training, and the globally active #postgrowth hashtag. Affiliate Professor of Economics at Southern Oregon University and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Donnie is working on his fourth book: How on Earth: our future is not for profit.

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    Contact: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com

    Post-Growth Institute: https://www.postgrowth.org/

    Paper Mentioned: https://bit.ly/3gg6E6B

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    Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow


    Timestamps

    _________________ 0:00 - Teaser 0:41 - Who is Donnie? 6:50 - An introduction to post-growth 11:04 - Is emotional resonance a good way to evaluate the ‘correctness’ of an idea? A brief digression on debt 18:48 - The role and value of not-for-profit businesses & mutual banks 26:44 - The tyranny of numbers 31:28 - A story on non-for-profits 37:59 - The ethical tension between growth & purpose 43:35- Do for-profit businesses have a place in future society? 48:41 - What is Donnie’s Utopia for a post-growth world?


    Credits

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    Thumbnail: Headshot

    Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X




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