Women In Economics

Women in Economics: Kate Raworth on Economics for the Living Planet

KATE RAWORTH

August 29, 2024

Photo: Johannes Frandsen

In This Episode

The world has changed since postwar economic thought placed GDP growth as its guiding principle. 20th-century progress has pushed planetary resources to the limit and brings the sustainability of traditional macroeconomic models into question. In this podcast, Kate Raworth talks with journalist Rhoda Metcalfe about her alternative model Doughnut Economics, which places economic objectives within the social and ecological boundaries of the living planet. Raworth is an ecological economist and the author of Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. Transcript

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KATE RAWORTH is the author of the best-selling book Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. She teaches at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute and is a professor of practice at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.

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