Richard Douthwaite 
Biography
Co-Founder od the Economics of Sustainability, Economist, Journalist from United Kingdom
Richard Douthwaite is an economist, journalist and author. He is the co-founder of the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (Feasta), an economic think-tank based in Ireland.
He acted as economic adviser to the Global Commons Institute (London) from 1993 to 2005 during which time GCI developed the “contraction and convergence” approach to dealing with greenhouse gas emissions which has now been backed by many countries.
His books include ‘The Growth Illusion’ (1992), widely regarded as a classic, ‘Short Circuit’ (1996) and the ‘Ecology of Money’ (1999).
Videos
Richard Douthwaite
What impact will oil depletion have on the economy?
Economist Richard Douthwaite explores the economics driving climate change. He looks at how the current economic model requires sustained growth in order to survive and examines…
Recorded: 4 March 2005
Richard Douthwaite
What can be done about debt?
Economist Richard Douthwaite looks at the flaws in the current economic model and how it requires constantly tranfered debt. He goes on to imagine what what happen if we changed…
Recorded: 4 March 2005
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