I love this book. It made me feel confidently eco-socialist. I learnt things like that Adam Smith believed in community and that economic thought is distorting and stupid, especially considering the esteem it is held in. I unlearnt that the standard economic graph of growth going on eternally is reasonable. The doughnut itself is the sweet spot target with an inner ring of human needs and an outer ring of ecological sustainability into which human progress must aim. I got a tiny bit bored at the end but finished my porridge. Not full of stylistic fireworks but definitely a recommended read. I was grateful to Jo for reminding me of it, and watched Kate Raworth the author in a reading of Dr Seuss The Lorax. A reminder of, among other things, how long we have known that appetite for infinite stuff on a finite planet doesn't work
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