{"id":148418,"date":"2021-09-21T13:40:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T23:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=148418"},"modified":"2021-09-21T13:43:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T23:43:11","slug":"better-tomorrow-speaker-series-raworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/09\/21\/better-tomorrow-speaker-series-raworth\/","title":{"rendered":"New economic measures needed to address planetary limits"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in an economic crisis that reverberated around the globe leaving many wanting to rethink economics for the 21st century.<\/p>\n

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Kate Raworth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To showcase a new approach rapidly picking up momentum, the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Better Tomorrow Speaker Series<\/a>, in partnership with the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Book and Music Festival and ʻĀina<\/span> Aloha Economic Futures, will feature a live online conversation with Oxford economist Kate Raworth, a bestselling author arguing for a new set of metrics to replace the traditional focus on growth.<\/p>\n

Raworth argues in her book Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist<\/em> that new economics need to be better aligned with human needs and planetary limits. It’s a concept that has garnered her more than 4 million views on TED Talks and has even captured the attention of the Pope.<\/p>\n

The live online event, “Doughnut Economics: How circular economies can make Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> more just and sustainable,” will be held on Thursday, October 7, at 8:30 a.m. The livestream event is open to the public. (Register here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Kamanamaikalani Beamer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Professor Kamanamaikalani Beamer<\/strong>, the Dana Naone Hall Endowed Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature and the Environment will serve as moderator. In response to the COVID-19 economic crisis, Beamer co-founded the ʻĀina<\/span> Aloha Economic Futures initiative to help develop a new vision for the state\u2019s economic future that is grounded in Native Hawaiian values.<\/p>\n