The Vision of Doughnut Economics – Online Forum

Moderators: Maurice Bisheff and Carolyn Dorrance

A bold and innovative vision of economic and urban development is sweeping the world and provoking both conversations and practical applications. Pioneered by Kate Raworth, the vision is summarized in her book, Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. The author seeks to define and combine environmental and social priorities in a way that guides public policy decisions towards both sustainable and humanistic goals. Old assumptions about economic growth must be replaced, it is explained, by new, holistic and creative plans for economic and urban development.

Discussion of the vision will be encouraged by short commentaries and current videos. An article on Doughnut Economics will be posted on the Institute website.

The Financial Times designated Doughnut Economics as the Best Book of 2017 in Economics and summarized its value as follows:

“Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change, inequality, and other environmental and social challenges that define our times.

“Pity then, or more like disaster, that its fundamental ideas are centuries out of date yet are still taught in college courses worldwide and still used to address critical issues in government and business alike.”

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