Donut Economics - Can it upgrade Capitalism?

​After reading about Donut Economics yesterday I became really excited about the idea of upgrading Capitalism with this new model for sustaining a good life on this earth.'

Here is a paragraph from the article that fired me up.

In April 2020, during the first wave of COVID-19, Amsterdam’s city government announced it would recover from the crisis, and avoid future ones, by embracing the theory of “doughnut economics.” Laid out by British economist Kate Raworth in a 2017 book, the theory argues that 20th century economic thinking is not equipped to deal with the 21st century reality of a planet teetering on the edge of climate breakdown. Instead of equating a growing GDP with a successful society, our goal should be to fit all of human life into what Raworth calls the “sweet spot” between the “social foundation,” where everyone has what they need to live a good life, and the “environmental ceiling.” By and large, people in rich countries are living above the environmental ceiling. Those in poorer countries often fall below the social foundation. The space in between: that’s the doughnut.

Of course, the Netherlands is a liberal country and generally open to new ideas  birthed by their own Environmental Emergency - rising seas.  Admittedly, there is always necessary resistance to changing the status quo and this paragraph points to that.

Still, some economists are skeptical of the idealism. In his 2018 review of Raworth’s book, Branko Milanovic, a scholar at CUNY’s Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, says for the doughnut to take off, humans would need to “magically” become “indifferent to how well we do compared to others, and not really care about wealth and income.”

That's where the Enlightened Lover comes in.  It isn't magic as much as spiritual evolution that needs to happen.  Developing our individual and collective consciousness beyond separation and greed, beyond competing with others for more stuff... that's the natural outcome of integrating environmentalism and spirituality, as outlined in my book LOVING MOTHER EARTH.

Cities in the USA are looking at and adopting Donut Economics.  I've begun to email those in city government here, and clergy, wondering if they will put their weight into such a "ideal" way of living in West Michigan.  

Action and contemplation.  Environmentalism and Spirituality.

LOVING MOTHER EARTH.