It’s competition time!
Have you got a brilliant idea for 21st century economics? Can you tell it short and sweet? If the answer is yes! yes! then this competition is just for you . . . Doughnut Economics:…
How can universities teach more students more about climate change?
Research and blog by Hollie Ryan, Isadora Ferreira and Kate Raworth Many universities recognise the crucial role that they can play in raising awareness and understanding of climate change amongst their students. We wanted to…
Doing the Doughnut at the G20?
This weekend the G20 are meeting in Argentina, with the aim (they say) of ‘building consensus for fair and sustainable development’. Since they collectively generate 85% of global GDP, whether they do or don’t transform…
Economic Man vs. Humanity: a puppet rap battle
An economist, a songwriter, and a puppet-maker walked into a recording studio. What do you think came out?…An economics puppet rap battle, of course. One of the most dangerous stories at the heart of 20th…
Seaside Reads to Change the World
Last week at the seaside, while I was browsing in my favourite second-hand bookshop, the owner said to me “If I was going to create a shelf called ‘Change the World’, what books would you…
For 21st century progress, pick your paradigm…
I spent a day at the OECD in Paris earlier this week, and had fascinating discussions there. They had asked me to be provocative so I proposed they rewrite Article 1a of the OECD’s founding…
Happy birthday, Neoliberalism, and farewell.
Seventy years ago this month – in April 1947 – economists Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises and friends met in the Swiss village of Mont Pelerin to write a new economic story, and…
Spring. Renewal. Bring on Regenerative Economics.
Easter Sunday. It’s Spring, time for renewal, rebirth. There couldn’t be a better day in the year for launching the latest fabulous one-minute animation of Doughnut Economics – because this one is about regenerative economic…
Doughnut Economics is out!
It’s been quarter a century in the making – ever since the day I stepped into my first university Economics lecture back in 1990 – but Doughnut Economics: seven ways to think like a 21st…
Why degrowth has outgrown its own name
Here’s what troubles me about degrowth: I just can’t bring myself to use the word. And with the help of smoke bombs, elephants and lighthouses, I can explain why. Check out the five reasons why I think…