MNA Online Book Club — Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth.

Join us online Sunday November 9th at 2 p.m. to discuss Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist by Kate Raworth.

Economics is broken. It has failed to predict, let alone prevent, financial crises that have shaken the foundations of our societies. Its outdated theories have permitted a world in which extreme poverty persists while the wealth of the super-rich grows year on year. And its blind spots have led to policies that are degrading the living world on a scale that threatens all of our futures.

Can it be fixed? In Doughnut Economics, Oxford academic Kate Raworth identifies seven critical ways in which mainstream economics has led us astray, and sets out a roadmap for bringing humanity into a sweet spot that meets the needs of all within the means of the planet. En route, she deconstructs the character of 'rational economic man' and explains what really makes us tick. She reveals how an obsession with equilibrium has left economists helpless when facing the boom and bust of the real-world economy. She highlights the dangers of ignoring the role of energy and nature's resources - and the far-reaching implications for economic growth when we take them into account. And in the process, she creates a new, cutting-edge economic model that is fit for the 21st century - one in which a doughnut-shaped compass points the way to human progress.

Ambitious, radical and rigorously argued, Doughnut Economics promises to reframe and redraw the future of economics for a new generation.

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Our book for December is The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger.

Other tentative future books are:
The Wisdom of Plagues by Donald McNeil
The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman & Michael E. Long
Good Reasonable People: The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide by Keith Payne

If you are interested in any of these titles, or have other book suggestions, please message me or leave a comment below.