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Apr 29, 2022
5 stars for the concepts in this book that have rewired my brain and radically (in the best way) shaped my worldview. For those not loving late stage capitalism, who question the plausibility of endless population + stock market growth, who worry about themselves, our planet, and future generations, Kate’s frameworks may be exactly what you’ve been looking for. Sorry not sorry to the dozens of random people on the internet to whom I’ve commented, “sounds like what you’re looking for is donut economics! 💃🏼”. 😂 On the flip side, 2 stars for book editing. Truth be told, I didn’t finish this book. It is, at its core, still a book about economics. It suffers from writing to its peers (economists writing to other economists), rather than distilling concepts to the general population. Which is perhaps exactly where it needed to start. Now, it needs a marketing minded person to translate the core concepts into verbiage that’s easy as pie to understand and pass on. It is sad, but telling, that this book received so many accolades - book of the year at Forbes, Financial Times, best book for CEOs, etc - and since its debut, CEOs have not changed their destructive ways, despite having a better model for humanity. It will take the general population learning there’s a better way, and forcing it in place.