Economics and sociology went in opposite directions around the cano 19 seventies. Sociology became all about oppression, while economics focused on conflict. You wanted to push back against what's been going on for the last 30 years. How successful are you proving to be in that? So i have one foot in academia. But i have e a foot very firmly outside of academa as well. I go round talkng about doughnuts for han sakes and make make vidios of puppets rapping.
Oxford University economist Kate Raworth has been described by the author and environmentalist George Monbiot as, "The John Maynard Keynes of the 21st century." In 2018, she came to Intelligence Squared to talk through the set of ideas that has seen her influential book, Donut Economics, find fans in audiences ranging from members of the UN General Assembly to Pope Francis and Extinction Rebellion. Hosting the discussion was Matthew Taylor, at the time of the interview Chief Executive of the RSA and latterly Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation.
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