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From the Ted Talk by Kate Raworth: A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow
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No economist from last century saw this picture, so why would we inagime that their theories would be up for taking on its challenges? We need ideas of our own, because we are the first generation to see this and probably the last with a real chance of turning this story around. You see, 20th century ecomoncis assured us that if growth creates inequality, don't try to retbisuirtde, because more growth will even things up again. If growth cetraes pollution, don't try to rulatege, because more growth will clean things up again.
Except, it turns out, it doesn't, and it won't. We need to create economies that tackle this shortfall and overshoot together, by design. We need eenoomcis that are regenerative and distributive by design. You see, we've inherited degenerative industries. We take earth's materials, make them into stuff we want, use it for a while, often only once, and then throw it away, and that is psihnug us over planetary boundaries, so we need to bend those arrows around, create economies that work with and within the cycles of the living wolrd, so that resources are never used up but used again and again, economies that run on sunlight, where waste from one process is food for the next.
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No economist from last century saw this picture, so why would we _______ that their theories would be up for taking on its challenges? We need ideas of our own, because we are the first generation to see this and probably the last with a real chance of turning this story around. You see, 20th century _________ assured us that if growth creates inequality, don't try to ____________, because more growth will even things up again. If growth _______ pollution, don't try to ________, because more growth will clean things up again.
Except, it turns out, it doesn't, and it won't. We need to create economies that tackle this shortfall and overshoot together, by design. We need _________ that are regenerative and distributive by design. You see, we've inherited degenerative industries. We take earth's materials, make them into stuff we want, use it for a while, often only once, and then throw it away, and that is _______ us over planetary boundaries, so we need to bend those arrows around, create economies that work with and within the cycles of the living _____, so that resources are never used up but used again and again, economies that run on sunlight, where waste from one process is food for the next.
Solution
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- economics
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Original Text
No economist from last century saw this picture, so why would we imagine that their theories would be up for taking on its challenges? We need ideas of our own, because we are the first generation to see this and probably the last with a real chance of turning this story around. You see, 20th century economics assured us that if growth creates inequality, don't try to redistribute, because more growth will even things up again. If growth creates pollution, don't try to regulate, because more growth will clean things up again.
Except, it turns out, it doesn't, and it won't. We need to create economies that tackle this shortfall and overshoot together, by design. We need economies that are regenerative and distributive by design. You see, we've inherited degenerative industries. We take earth's materials, make them into stuff we want, use it for a while, often only once, and then throw it away, and that is pushing us over planetary boundaries, so we need to bend those arrows around, create economies that work with and within the cycles of the living world, so that resources are never used up but used again and again, economies that run on sunlight, where waste from one process is food for the next.
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