Reviews - Die Donut-Ökonomie: Endlich ein Wirtschaftsmodell, das den Planeten nicht zerstört

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Die Donut-Ökonomie: Endlich ein Wirtschaftsmodell, das den Planeten nicht zerstört

Raworth explains economic concepts in a way laypeople (which, regrettably, appears to include economic policymakers and politicians themselves) can under in this digestible, if repetitive book. Doughnut Economics argues for radical policy and educational changes which really aren’t radical at all: constant pursuit of GDP growth is putting our planet under unbearable strain, and the idea that such policymaking will be beneficial and equitable in the long run is a dangerous fallacy.
For me, however, Raworth’s book does not sufficiently interrogate and attack the current global power dynamics which enable this status quo to run the planet to extinction. In her defence, Raworth doesn’t explicitly advocate specific policies, rather suggesting areas which require thought and investigation, but I nevertheless thought that the book would benefit from being more confrontational; the strategy seems to be espousing doughnut economics to enough politicians and CEOs so they’ll eventually change their minds and motivations, which, to me at least, seems fantastical. There are also a lot of metaphors and similes in this book (it’s literally comparing a model of economics to a doughnut in its title so idk what I was expecting) which help to make the content more accessible, but, given its own criticism of the limits of understanding the economy through metaphor, this became quite tiring.