Why a healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow
In short: Oxford economist Kate Raworth challenges the standard model of perpetual expansion. She argues that we must move toward a regenerative economy that balances human needs with the planet's ecological boundaries.
Raworth introduces the 'doughnut' model as a framework for a sustainable, universally beneficial economy. The goal is to transition countries out of the 'hole'—a state where people lack life's essentials—while ensuring economic activity remains within the Earth's ecological limits.
The talk explores the shift from extractive growth to distributive and regenerative systems. It matters because it proposes a structural redesign of how we define prosperity, prioritizing the well-being of the global population over constant numerical expansion.
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