Doughnut Economics

A pretty fun, inspiring survey of progressive economics. Not sure if this would land much with non-economists, but - if you've ever swum around econ departments - this was quite fun.

Some things I want to keep in mind and dig deeper into:
- The economics of open source software
- Coops (especially software coops)
- Any post-capitalist stuff
- Any degrowth stuff
- That new Acemoglu book
- Those people 3D printing stuff in sub-Saharan Africa; and the general idea of 3D printing as a leapfrog similar to mPesa?

I enjoyed the cultural histories of economics, as a field. e.g. The eventual caricature of “homo economicus”. The constant criticisms/caveats that kinda get forgotten or caricatured away (especially by libertarians, DO NOT GET ME STARTED - I feel so much pain when Republicans/libertarians mansplain economics to me when they clearly didn't get past Econ 102).

Also enjoyed the emphasis on the power of images. This aligns with this great course I took on data visualization. The visual cortex!! IT IS A VERY POWERFUL SHORTCUT TO THE BRAIN.

Stuff I didn't care for:
- This felt quite fluffy (and Oxfamy!) and, ahem, not super rigorous. It was mostly a cri de ceour/impassioned blog post. That's fine, of course, but it did make me miss mainstream econ academia, if only for its stuffy Lagrangians and econometrics.
- I was pretty turned off by the self-promoting vibe, e.g. “I was talking to [random person] about my great idea, Doughnut Economics, and everybody clapped”. It's like... okay.