Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist

Bestselling Author of The Sunday Times and Financial Times Books

Winner of the Transmission Prize 2018 and Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2017

Forbes Book of the Year and Porchlight "Best Business Book of 2017: Current Events & Public Affairs"

Discover the groundbreaking book that revolutionizes economics in a world facing crisis.

Economics serves as the foundation of public policy, influencing our decision-making, guiding massive investments, and shaping our response to pressing challenges such as climate change, inequality, and other social and environmental issues defining our era.

Unfortunately, the foundational ideas of economics are centuries outdated, yet they continue to be taught in colleges worldwide and employed to tackle critical issues in government and business.

Championing a new perspective, renegade economist Kate Raworth insists it is time to redefine our economic thinking for the 21st century. In Doughnut Economics, she presents seven key principles to fundamentally transform our understanding of economics. Along the way, she illuminates how we can break free from the addiction to growth, redesign money, finance, and business to serve people, and establish regenerative and equitable economies.

The book takes its name from the iconic "doughnut" image created by Raworth, representing a sweet spot of human prosperity. This image resonated with various groups, including the Occupy Movement, the United Nations, eco-activists, and business leaders. Doughnut Economics offers an entirely new compass to guide global development, government policies, and corporate strategies, setting novel standards for defining economic success.

Raworth carefully selects the best emerging ideas from diverse economic disciplines, including ecological, behavioral, feminist, and institutional economics, as well as complexity thinking and Earth-systems science. She addresses the crucial question of how we can transform our growth-dependent economies into systems that prioritize human thriving.

With its simplicity, playfulness, and eloquence, Doughnut Economics presents groundbreaking analysis and serves as an inspiration for a new generation of economic thinkers.

Described as “sharp, significant scholarship” by Times Higher Education and hailed as "fascinating" by Forbes, Doughnut Economics shows us how to build economies that ensure dignity and prosperity for all individuals, as stated by the Huffington Post.