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Rebecca Henderson: Can Capitalism Save the World It’s Destroying?


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Can capitalism save the world it's destroying?

Rebecca Henderson thinks so. An economist at Harvard Business School and author of Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, she has advised some of the world's biggest corporations and argues that capitalism itself — and what drives corporations — urgently needs to change.

She's clear-eyed about capitalism's failures — the inequality, the exploitation, the environmental destruction — which is precisely what drives her passion for reforming it from within. And as a climate activist, she's haunted by the consequences if we fail to act.

But this conversation goes deeper than economics. Henderson opens up about hitting a personal wall in her climate work — and the unexpected turn that brought wonder back into her life.

  • Website 
  • Book: "Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire"
  • More writing by Rebecca Henderson
  • 0:00 Introduction
    3:00 Capitalism Reimagined
    8:30 The Norway Turnaround
    16:50 Hitting the Wall
    28:40 Reweaving Ourselves
    43:00 Finding the Way Through

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