‘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 Its outdated theories have permitted a world in which extreme poverty persists while the wealth of the super-rich grows year on year.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.’ First words of Doughnut Economics – Kate Raworth
‘You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.’ Buckminster Fuller
‘Economics is the mother tongue of public policy, the language of public life, and the mindset that shapes society.’ Doughnut Economics Chapter 0 – the authority of economics
‘If we want to rewrite economics, we need to redraw its pictures too, because we stand little chance of telling a new story if we stick to the old illustrations.’ Doughnut Economics Chapter 0 – The power of pictures