Doughnut Economics

planted: 09/08/2021last tended: 15/04/2024

A: book
Written by: Kate Raworth

I like the book. Combines alternative economics, systems thinking, care, feminism, environmentalism, some socialist ideas.

I very much like the idea of a regenerative and distributive economy. Not sure if she'd describe it as such, but it comes across fairly ecosocialist, with its dual concern for social equity and planetary boundaries. Though not explicitly anti-capitalist, it's anti neoliberal economics.

1. The Doughnut

I like how easily graspable as a visual rubric it is - don't let anyone go into the hole of the doughnut, i.e. have a baseline of equity for everyone, and don't go outside the outer edge - i.e. stay within planetary boundaries.

The bit in the middle, the doughnut, is a regenerative and distributive economy.