Doughnut economics : seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist /
by Raworth, Kate.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : RH Business Books, 2017Description: viii, 372 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781847941374 (hbk.) :; 1847941370 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 330 RAWSubject(s): Economics | Economic forecasting | Economics | EconomicsSummary: Economics is broken. Its theories have created a world where millions of people live in extreme poverty, even as the personal wealth of the super-rich grows year on year. With human activity causing unprecedented degradation of the planet, climate change now poses an existential threat to everyone on Earth. All the while, economists seem unable to explain the financial crises that periodically shake the foundations of our societies - let alone know what we can do to prevent them.Is there another way of running things?Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 330 RAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002949587X |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Economics is broken. Its theories have created a world where millions of people live in extreme poverty, even as the personal wealth of the super-rich grows year on year. With human activity causing unprecedented degradation of the planet, climate change now poses an existential threat to everyone on Earth. All the while, economists seem unable to explain the financial crises that periodically shake the foundations of our societies - let alone know what we can do to prevent them.Is there another way of running things?
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