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My Take
What I admire most about Kate Raworth is her gift for translation. Plenty of economists can diagnose what is wrong with endless-growth thinking, but she turned a dense critique into a single, unforgettable image: a doughnut bounded by human needs on one side and planetary limits on the other. That clarity is its own kind of rigor. I find her optimism refreshing too, never naive, but quietly insistent that we can choose a different yardstick than GDP. She feels less like a lecturer and more like a guide, gently nudging a tired, growth-obsessed world toward something humane. Influence measured in ideas, not headlines.
Overview
Kate Raworth (born 13 December 1970) is an English economist known for "doughnut economics", an economic model that balances between essential human needs and planetary boundaries. Raworth is senior associate at the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute and a Professor of Practice at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kate Raworth
- Name (Japanese)
- ケイト・ラワース
- Reading
- けいと・らわーす
- Born
- December 13, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dog
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- economist / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Oxford
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Doughnut Economics | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.