Kate Raworth: "The Superorganism V. The Doughnut"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nate Hagens
4.8 • 553 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, Nate is joined by the creator of Doughnut Economics, Kate Raworth, to discuss alternative economies that measure more than just the material wealth created by a society. As we expand further past planetary boundaries, the gap between the standard of living of the materially wealthiest and poorest continues to grow. Increasingly, these shortfalls in both ecological and social well-being of the current economic system are becoming more recognized by the general populace. Can we create systems that keep people from falling down the cracks, while also respecting the limits of our planetary home? Are there governments and businesses already aligning themselves to these principles and shifting to a different way of leading? Could moving towards a holistic system, such as Doughnut Economics, be enough to overcome the energy hungry growth of a global Superorganism?
About Kate Raworth:
Kate Raworth describes herself as a renegade economist focused on making economics fit for 21st century realities. She is the creator of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries, and co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab, based on her best-selling book Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist. Kate is a Senior Associate at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute, where she teaches on the Masters in Environmental Change and Management. She is also Professor of Practice at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. She is a member of the Club of Rome and currently serves on the World Health Organisation Council on the Economics of Health for All.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Great Simplification with Nate Higgins. |
| 0:06.3 | That's me. |
| 0:07.7 | On this show, we try to explore and simplify what's happening with energy, the economy, the environment, in our society. |
| 0:17.0 | Together with scientists, experts, and leaders, this show is about understanding the bird's eye view of how everything fits together, where we go from here and what we can do about it as a society and as individuals. |
| 0:33.3 | Welcome to another episode of the Great Simplification. Today I'm very pleased to welcome my friend and self-described renegade economist Kate |
| 0:44.3 | Rayworth. |
| 0:45.8 | Kate is known for her book, Donut Economics, Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century |
| 0:51.9 | Economist and the related lab that she co-founded donut economics |
| 0:57.6 | action lab, which is putting into practice the planetary boundaries and human sufficiency |
| 1:03.5 | in the donut around the world. She's also a senior associate at Oxford University's Environmental |
| 1:10.5 | Change Institute, as well as a professor |
| 1:13.4 | of practice at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. |
| 1:18.7 | She's an incredible communicator, and I think her work on donut economics is painting a picture |
| 1:24.9 | that people can understand that we are part of a broader system that we're |
| 1:29.1 | influencing. And the current economic rules and institutions are not only creating environmental |
| 1:38.0 | overshoot, but they're really not doing a great job for the humans. This was an incredible conversation. |
| 1:45.9 | I hope to have Kate back on various reality roundtables. |
| 1:50.3 | She's doing very important work. |
| 1:52.6 | Please welcome Kate Rayworth. |
| 1:54.3 | Thank you. |
| 2:08.3 | It's great to be here. |
| 2:10.2 | How are you? |
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