Doughnut Economics (seven Ways To Think Like A 21st-century Economist)

By (author) Kate Raworth; By (author) Raworth Kate
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The book that redefines economics for a world in crisis.

Relentless financial crises. Extreme inequalities in wealth. Remorseless pressure on the environment. Anyone can see that our economic system is broken. But can it be fixed?

In Doughnut Economics, Oxford academic Kate Raworth identifies the seven critical ways in which mainstream economics has led us astray - from selling us the myth of ''rational economic man'' to obsessing over growth at all costs - and offers instead an alternative roadmap for bringing humanity into a sweet spot that meets the needs of all within the means of the planet. Ambitious, radical and provocative, she offers a new cutting-edge economic model fit for the challenges of the 21st century.
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*The Sunday Times Bestseller*
*A Financial Times and Forbes Book of the Year*
*Winner of the Transmission Prize 2018*
*Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2017*

''The John Maynard Keynes of the 21st century.'' George Monbiot, Guardian

''This is sharp, significant scholarship . . . Thrilling.'' Times Higher Education

''Raworth''s magnum opus . . . Fascinating.'' Books of the Year, Forbes

''[Raworth''s] biggest question . . . is one that terrifies all mainstream economists: is ''growth'' endless?'' Andrew Marr, Spectator

''A compelling and timely intervention.'' Caroline Lucas MP, Books of the Year, The Ecologist

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I’ve never seen [the concepts in Doughnut Economics] laid out so clearly, compellingly, or cheekily. Social entrepreneurs, it’s doughnut time – and I strongly recommend that you take a bite.
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Doughnut Economics shows how to ensure dignity and prosperity for all people.
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A compelling and timely intervention.
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A book you will need to know about . . . Kate writes beautifully . . . If only 10% of the ideas get implemented, the world will be a much better place.
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A sharp, insightful call for a shift in thinking . . . Raworth’s energetic, layperson-friendly writing makes her concept accessible as well as intriguing.
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Kate Raworth, formerly of Oxfam, shows that the undulations of equality and justice are really very profound . . . [Her] aim is to adjust human use of the processes of planetary dynamics so that the overall outcome of development is survival in peace, health, prosperity and companionship.
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Proposes a new economic model – one that embeds the human economy within the natural world and within society, rather than being distinct from either.
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An innovative vision about how we could refocus away from growth to thriving.
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A brand new way of conceptualising economic development without being tied to infinite growth . . . A useful idea.
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There are some really important economic and political thinkers around at the moment – such as Kate Raworth''s Doughnut Economics . . . I get the sense that a major period of new thinking and political creativity is coming.
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An admirable attempt to broaden the horizons of economic thinking.
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Kate Raworth''s well-received Doughnut Economics makes clear . . . [that] we have to enter a new age of thought, of communication, of politics.
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This is sharp, significant scholarship . . . Thrilling.
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Required summer reading for Labour politicians and