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*The Sunday Times Bestseller* Economics is broken, and the planet
is paying the price. Unforeseen financial crises. Extreme wealth
inequality. Relentless pressure on the environment. Can we go on
like this? Is there an alternative? In Doughnut Economics, Oxford
academic Kate Raworth lays out the seven deadly mistakes of
economics and offers a radical re-envisioning of the system that
has brought us to the point of ruin. Moving beyond the myths of
`rational economic man' and unlimited growth, Doughnut Economics
zeroes in on the sweet spot: a system that meets all our needs
without exhausting the planet. The demands of the 21st century
require a new shape of economics. This might just be it. *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 . . . A fascinating reminder to business leaders and
economists alike to stand back at a distance to examine our modern
economics.' Books of the Year, Forbes `There are some really
important economic and political thinkers around at the moment -
such as Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics.' Andrew Marr, Guardian
`An admirable attempt to broaden the horizons of economic
thinking.' Martin Wolf, Books of the Year, Financial Times `A
compelling and timely intervention.' Caroline Lucas MP, Books of
the Year, The Ecologist
The blueprint for an inspiring regenerative economy that avoids
collapse and works for people and the planet. Humanity is in a race
with catastrophe. Is the future one of global warming, 65 million
migrants fleeing failed states, soaring inequality, and grid-locked
politics? Or one of empowered entrepreneurs and innovators working
towards social change, leveling the playing field, and building a
world that works for everyone? While the specter of collapse looms
large, A Finer Future demonstrates that humanity has a chance -
just - to thread the needle of sustainability and build a
regenerative economy through a powerful combination of enlightened
entrepreneurialism, regenerative economy, technology, and
innovative policy. The authors - world leaders in business,
economics, and sustainability - gather the environmental economics
evidence, outline the principles of a regenerative economy, and
detail a policy roadmap to achieving it, including: Transforming
finance and corporations Reimagining energy, agriculture,
ecosystems, and the nature of how we work Enhancing human
well-being Delivering a world that respects ecosystems and human
community. Charting the course to a regenerative economy is the
most important work facing humanity and A Finer Future provides the
essential blueprint for business leaders, entrepreneurs,
environmentalists, politicians, policymakers, and others working to
create a world that works for people and the planet. AWARDS SILVER
| 2020 Eric Zencey Prize SILVER | 2018 Nautilus Book Awards:
Ecology & Environment BRONZE | 2018 Foreword INDIES: Business
& Economics
A Financial Times "Best Book of 2017: Economics" 800-CEO-Read "Best
Business Book of 2017: Current Events & Public Affairs"
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. That's why it is time, says
renegade economist Kate Raworth, to revise our economic thinking
for the 21st century. In Doughnut Economics, she sets out seven key
ways to fundamentally reframe our understanding of what economics
is and does. Along the way, she points out how we can break our
addiction to growth; redesign money, finance, and business to be in
service to people; and create economies that are regenerative and
distributive by design. Named after the now-iconic "doughnut" image
that Raworth first drew to depict a sweet spot of human prosperity
(an image that appealed to the Occupy Movement, the United Nations,
eco-activists, and business leaders alike), Doughnut Economics
offers a radically new compass for guiding global development,
government policy, and corporate strategy, and sets new standards
for what economic success looks like. Raworth handpicks the best
emergent ideas-from ecological, behavioral, feminist, and
institutional economics to complexity thinking and Earth-systems
science-to address this question: How can we turn economies that
need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive, into economies
that make us thrive, whether or not they grow? Simple, playful, and
eloquent, Doughnut Economics offers game-changing analysis and
inspiration for a new generation of economic thinkers.
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