Doughnut Economics

This narration explores the central ideas of Doughnut Economics: an approach designed for the realities of the 21st century, where human well-being and planetary stability must be held together, not traded off against each other. It highlights why older economic stories—often centered on endless growth and GDP—can miss the real costs of inequality and environmental breakdown.

Across eight chapters, you’ll hear how the “Doughnut” frames a safe and just space for humanity, why we need a broader cast of economic players than standard textbook models allow, and how a healthier view of human nature can lead to better policy. The journey closes with hopeful, grounded ways to start thinking and acting differently, wherever you live.

• Listeners who feel uneasy about inequality, climate change, and the limits of GDP—and want a clearer, calmer framework for what “progress” could mean.
• Students, educators, and curious citizens looking for a modern economic story that includes people, communities, and the living planet.
• Policy-minded listeners and business leaders who want language and principles for building distributive, regenerative systems.

Kate Raworth is an economist known for developing the Doughnut Economics framework, first introduced in 2011, as a way to reimagine the goal of economics for the 21st century: meeting every person’s needs within the means of the planet.