The UK’s new Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, must be on a steep learning curve in deciding how to take forward the UK’s approach to tackling global poverty. Word has it that staff…
I recently ruined an economist’s morning lie-in, and for that much I am sorry. Over at aidthoughts.org, Matt Collin read my blogpost on vandalizing economics textbooks and he got very annoyed. Why? Because I shared…
Get ready to join the world’s first guerrilla campaign to rewrite economics. The only weapon you need is a pencil…here’s why. When I studied economics at university twenty years ago, the concept of The Circular…
Everyone agrees: we have to get beyond GDP. Yes, yes, but enough talk – let’s get this train moving. Some say we should forget GDP and jump straight to measuring well-being. I agree well-being measures…
Welcome to the very first blog on Doughnut Economics. I’ll be using this space to explore how to rethink economics and equity in the 21st century, through the lens of planetary boundaries and social boundaries…