Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
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Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics challenges the idea that economic success should be judged mainly through continual growth. Its central diagram places a social foundation inside an ecological ceiling, describing a space where human needs can be met without exceeding planetary boundaries. Poverty and health belong to the social side of that framework, while environmental pressures define the limits around it. The book suits readers interested in sustainability and alternative measures of prosperity, including people working in policy or community development.
Its seven ways of thinking question familiar economic assumptions and encourage attention to systems, feedback and distribution. Rather than treating social justice and environmental protection as separate concerns, Raworth brings them into one framework. The doughnut is a guide for rethinking goals and choices, not a claim that one diagram supplies a complete economic policy.
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What does Kate Raworth mean by the doughnut in Doughnut Economics?
Raworth uses the doughnut as a visual model with a social foundation on the inside and an ecological ceiling on the outside. The goal is to meet needs such as food, housing, health, and education without overshooting planetary boundaries such as climate change and biodiversity loss.
Why does Doughnut Economics criticize GDP growth as the main economic goal?
The book argues that GDP was not designed to measure human wellbeing, ecological damage, or inequality. Raworth instead asks readers to think about whether an economy helps people thrive within Earth system limits.
Is Doughnut Economics connected to the planetary boundaries framework?
Yes. Raworth builds the outer ring of the doughnut around the planetary boundaries work associated with researchers including Johan Rockstrom and the Stockholm Resilience Centre.
Who is Doughnut Economics most useful for besides economists?
It is often useful for sustainability teams, city planners, policy workers, and students because the framework is easy to apply outside academic economics. Amsterdam publicly used doughnut thinking in city planning discussions in the early 2020s.
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