Doughnut Economics

A leading economist shows why current economic thinking doesn't work - and what should take its place

Informationen zum Autor Kate Raworth is an economist focused on transforming economic theory and practice so that it reflects the social and ecological realities of the 21st century. She is a Senior Teaching Associate at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute and Professor of Practice at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. In response to the international interest generated by this book, she co-founded the Doughnut Economics Action Lab to connect and collaborate with changemakers worldwide who are starting to put the ideas of Doughnut Economics into practice. Klappentext Kate Raworth is an economist whose research focuses on the unique social and ecological challenges of the 21st century. She is a Senior Visiting Research Associate teaching at Oxford University s Environmental Change Institute, and a Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Over the last two decades Kate has worked as Senior Researcher at Oxfam, as a co-author of the UN s Human Development Report at the United Nations Development Programme, and as a Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute in the villages of Zanzibar. She has been named by the Guardian as one of the top ten tweeters on economic transformation. Zusammenfassung Discover the bestselling book that reveals how mainstream economics has led us astray - and what we can do to fix it, now with a new afterword. The Sunday Times Bestseller A Financial Times and Forbes Book of the Year Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 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? Oxford academic Kate Raworth has identified 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 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, Doughnut Economics offers a new cutting-edge economic model fit for the challenges of the 21st century. Praise for Doughnut Economics: 'Raworth's magnum opus . . . Fascinating. ' Books of the Year, Forbes 'At last an economic model that won't destroy the planet . . . the John Maynard Keynes of the 21st century. ' Guardian 'This is sharp, significant scholarship . . . Thrilling .' Times Higher Education ' A book you will need to know about . . . If only 10% of the ideas get implemented, the world will be a much better place .' Dr Duncan Green, Professor in Practice in International Development at LSE '[Raworth's] biggest question . . . is one that terrifies all mainstream economists : is 'growth' endless?' Andrew Marr, Spectator 'A compelling and timely intervention.' The Ecologist ...

Préface
A leading economist shows why current economic thinking doesn't work and what should take its place

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Kate Raworth is an economist whose research focuses on the unique social and ecological challenges of the 21st century. She is a Senior Visiting Research Associate teaching at Oxford University s Environmental Change Institute, and a Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Over the last two decades Kate has worked as Senior Researcher at Oxfam, as a co-author of the UN s Human Development Report at the United Nations Development Programme, and as a Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute in the villages of Zanzibar.

She has been named by the Guardian as one of the top ten tweeters on economic transformation.

Résumé

**Discover the bestselling book that reveals how mainstream economics has led us astray - and what we can do to fix it, now with a new afterword.

The Sunday Times Bestseller
A Financial Times and Forbes Book of the Year
Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

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?

Oxford academic Kate Raworth has identified 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 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, Doughnut Economics offers a new cutting-edge economic model fit for the challenges of the 21st century.

Praise for Doughnut Economics:

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

'At last an economic model that won't destroy the planet . . . the John Maynard Keynes of the 21st century.' Guardian

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

'A book you will need to know about . . . If only 10% of the ideas get implemented, the world will be a much better place.' Dr Duncan Green, Professor in Practice in International Development at LSE

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

'A compelling and timely intervention.' The Ecologist