The boys are back in town, after a well-earned Easter break, bringing your fresh ideas and even fresher takes to resist the crushing anxiety of a world gone mad.
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FEATURE
Academic, economist and humanitarian Kate Raworth sits down with Warren to discuss her paradigm-shifting book 'Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways To Think Like a 21st Century Economist". It's an incredibly accessible read packed with insight from both economic theory and real experiences working in the humanitarian sector. Warren digs up why Kate felt compelled to write the book, what the response since has been like, and what we can do to promote its ideas.
You can find more out about Doughnut Economics, including some nifty animated shorts, at https://www.kateraworth.com/
Kate also tweets: https://twitter.com/KateRaworth
She shouts out the awesome Rethinking Economics: http://www.rethinkeconomics.org/
And she name-checks a few of her inspirations:
Janine Benyus - Biomimicry https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/432853.Biomimicry
Donella Meadows - Thinking In Systems https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3828902-thinking-in-systems
Marjorie Kelly - Owning Our Future https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13434598-owning-our-future
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CENTRIST WATCH
The gang discuss the funniest joke of the last fortnight - stirrings of a new centrist party. The Lib Dems weep. The electorate shrug. And the gang lament the baffling ignorance of what our times call for.
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BIG THINKING
We finish up with a discussion of the landmark ECJ ruling in favour of a person's right to be forgotten on search engine results. Will we distinguish between who does and doesn't deserve to be forgotten? Will this change tech companies behaviours long term? And Rowan highlights the wider policy context of new privacy laws and class-action rights coming into force in the EU.
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