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

Join Kate Raworth in discussing her new book Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist.

As to how as citizens around the world vociferously reject the economic ideals that shaped rising inequality in the twentieth century, Kate Raworth has identified seven key ways to fundamentally rethink economics and transform the economy into one that works for all. Read more from her blog here.

Kate Raworth is a senior visiting research associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute and a senior associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. The Guardian named her one of the top ten tweeters on economic transformation, and she has appeared in the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New Statesman, CNN, and other media outlets. Her academic research has been published in Nature Climate Change, Sustainability, Gender and Development, and the Journal of Ethics and International Affairs. For more information, see www.kateraworth.com.

Speaker: Kate Raworth - Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University

Discussants: Sheba Tejani (SGPIA) and Paolo dos Santos (NSSR Econ)

Chair: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr

This event is sponsored by The New School's Milano School of International Affairs, Schools of Public Engagement, the Environmental Policy & Sustainability Management Program, and Tishman Environment and Design Center.