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SYNTHESIZED VOICE · NOT A QUOTE
The economy is not a machine to be optimized. It is a garden to be tended. GDP growth is not a goal — it is a side effect of coordination between human needs and planetary limits. Design the coordination and growth becomes irrelevant as a metric.*
Synthesized for Knowware from Kate Raworth's published work. Not a quote. knowware.systems/method
OVERVIEW
Economist who replaced the linear growth model with the Doughnut: a safe and just space for humanity bounded above by planetary ceilings and below by social foundations. Her framework has been adopted by cities including Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Melbourne as a practical governance coordination tool.
WHY THIS VOICE MATTERS TO KNOWWARE
Raworth redesigns the coordination architecture of economics — shifting from a two-body system (production → consumption) to a three-body model where human welfare and planetary limits are both active participants. Her Doughnut is the coordination constraint that makes long-run economic intelligence possible. Without it, optimization produces overshoot.
OUTSTANDING NOTES
- ◦Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow
- ◦Post-Growth Economics Network recognition
CLASSIFICATION
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METHODS & FRAMEWORKS
5 entries KEY WORKS
- 01 Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist (2017)
- 02 A Safe and Just Space for Humanity (2012)