The Commons meets the Doughnut - and crumbs fly... A conversation between David Bollier and Kate Raworth

David Bollier and Kate Raworth

Something of a must-listen here (embedded below, and original link). It’s a conversation between the great theorist of the modern commons (and commoning), David Bollier, and the ebullient Kate Raworth, inventor of Doughnut Economics.

From their blurb:

Kate Raworth's 2017 book 'Doughnut Economics' has become an international phenomenon by debunking the many half-truths of standard economics and offering a new framework for dealing with 21st Century realities. Her reconceptualization of the economy as a doughnut accents two vital concerns that economics often ignores -- the importance of meeting everyone’s basic human needs (the inner ring of the doughnut) and the importance of staying within the planet's ecological limits (the outer ring). Economics should not focus on market and state alone, says Raworth, but also on households and commons, and the trust, reciprocity, and creativity that they engender.

This is part of a regular podcast series from Bollier, entitled Frontiers of Commoning, where David has talked to figures including Andreas Weber on Aliveness and Interdependence, and Nathan Schneider on Cooperatives and Digital Governance, among many others.

To see how A/UK has covered their work in the past, click on the archives for Kate Raworth and David Bollier.