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Gary Wong
Consultant, Canada
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Kate Raworth’s book "Doughnut Economics" is a wake-up call to transform our capitalist worldview obsessed with growth into a more balanced, sustainable perspective that allows both humans and our planet to thrive.
She lists 7 ways to start thinking like 21st century economists:
1. CHANGE THE GOAL: from GDP growth to the Doughnut.
For over half a century, economists have fixated on GDP as the first measure of economic progress, but GDP is a false goal waiting to be ousted. The 21st century calls for a far more ambitious and global economic goal: meeting the needs of all within the means of the planet. Draw that goal on the page and – odd though it sounds – it comes out looking like a doughnut. The challenge now is to create local to global economies that ensure that no one falls short on life’s essentials – from food and housing to healthcare and political voice – while safeguarding Earth’s life-giving systems, from a stable climate and fertile soils to healthy oceans and a protect (...) Read more? Sign up for free
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srinivas
Lecturer, India
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Great Opportunity for Masters in Economics to Evolve
Nice opportunity for the masters out there to chan (...)
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Prasad Chundi
Consultant, India
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Early Adopters of Doughnut Economies
It is a brilliant thought process. We can see that (...)
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Cockburn
Manager, United Kingdom
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Doughnut Economics Has to Happen
Well put. I have said for years we shouldn't solel (...)
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Gary Wong
Consultant, Canada
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Downloading Doughnut Graphic
A copy of the graphic can be viewed by clicking on (...)
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Gary Wong
Consultant, Canada
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Change is Happening
@Cockburn: Here’s the rub. It took a band of unive (...)
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Mark Ianni
United States
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Donut Economics
Socialist redistribution of wealth disguised as 21 (...)
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Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
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Please Explain your Point of View
@Mark Ianni: Mark, I don't see that this economic (...)
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Mark Ianni
United States
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Donut Economics
@Jaap de Jonge: Of course you don't see socialism (...)
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Shawna-Lee Lawrence
Entrepreneur, Jamaica
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Donut Economics
@Mark Ianni: There is an innate and purposeful dr (...)
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