Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by null

Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist Reviews

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  Cotswolds girl

  When you look at the economics practised by governments today, it is easy to see there is a problem. Every where in the world the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer, while the governments seek to divide the middle and poor into blaming each other. This
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  Martin

  There has allways been a massive gap between the current growth driven, greed lead system and sustainable alternatives. Kate Raworth addresses how it can be done not just what needs to be done and exposes how out of date the current system is.
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  Torwalker

  I enjoyed reading this well researched book and feel its central message is really important. GDP as a measure of growth is outdated as it provides a very narrow view of ‘progress’ (perhaps a better word than ‘growth’) and may well be leading us in completely the wrong
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  Lozatron

  For this review I need to decouple my feelings about the author from those about the book. Firstlh and I think most importantly, she seems to be debating somewhat dishonestly from a degrowth position. Much as all sorts of conspiracy theorists debate by “just
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  lawrence leger

  Readable, revolutionary and a must read for anyone who cares about society, inequality, the environment, and their own wealth.
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  rob crawford

  At its worst, economics is a highly mathematical undertaking that is completely useless for understanding anything about the real world. Rather than explain inflation or international trade, you get utility functions, aggregate supply and demand curves that were supposed
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  James Murphy

  It has to be said that Doughnut Economics is a very accomplished piece of work. There is something of a triumph of integrated scholarship on offer here. A substantial public audience is deserved. For its genre, there is probably now no better book out there.
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  Susan Stepney

  Modern economics is clearly not fit for purpose. It is based on false axioms like unbounded rationality, and individual optimisation. It is too narrow a model, not including many important and linked systems, like the family, the state, and the biosphere. It requires