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Une économie saine devrait être conçue pour l'épanouissement, pas pour la croissance

4,754,710 views | Kate Raworth • TED2018

A quoi ressemblerait une économie durable et universellement bénéfique ? « A un donut », dit l'économiste d'Oxford Kate Raworth. Dans une intervention exceptionnelle et révélatrice, elle explique comment nous pouvons sortir les pays du trou -- où les gens ne subviennent pas à leurs besoins fondamentaux -- et créer des économies régénératrices, distributives qui fonctionnent dans les limites écologiques de la planète.

A quoi ressemblerait une économie durable et universellement bénéfique ? « A un donut », dit l'économiste d'Oxford Kate Raworth. Dans une intervention exceptionnelle et révélatrice, elle explique comment nous pouvons sortir les pays du trou -- où les gens ne subviennent pas à leurs besoins fondamentaux -- et créer des économies régénératrices, distributives qui fonctionnent dans les limites écologiques de la planète.

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