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EPISODE · Dec 2, 2025 · 1H 23M

A World out of Balance: Introducing Doughnut 3.0 w/ Andrew Fanning

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Patreon: www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast Mazlo: https://donate.mazloweb.com/donate/xsKGfZHZFXvoNMzVKaSvH In this episode we're joined by Andrew Fanning for a conversation about doughnuts…no, not that kind of doughnut. We're talking about Kate Raworth's famous Doughnut from Doughnut Economics.  Andrew Fanning is an ecological economist exploring how to move our interconnected societies towards the goal of meeting the needs of all people within the means of the living planet. He is particularly interested in finding ways to visualise progress towards this goal in data. Andrew is Research & Data Analysis Lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab, where he co-creates metrics and research-related tools that make visible the core concepts of Doughnut Economics, and convenes spaces to connect scholars putting these concepts into action. His research has been published in leading journals, such as Nature and Lancet Planetary Health, and he leads the ongoing development of an interactive website entitled 'A good life for all within planetary boundaries', which makes indicators tracking the social shortfall and ecological overshoot of countries visible and widely accessible. In this conversation, we get the latest progress report about our global economic system through Doughnut 3.0, we explore how environmental degradation and social deprivation differs among countries in the imperial core and the periphery, and we hear about ways communities are responding to Doughnut Economics to bring local and global economies into greater balance. Further resources: Andrew Fanning "Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance,"  by Andrew L. Fanning & Kate Raworth  Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, by Kate Raworth Doughnut Economics Action Lab  California Doughnut Economics Coalition  California Doughnut Snapshot Report Beyond GDP Life Reimagined Doughnut game! Related episodes: Doughnut Economics with Kate Raworth Documentary #9: Debunking the Myth of Homo Economicus Slow Down or Die w/ Timothée Parrique How Degrowth Will Save the World with Jason Hickel [UNLOCKED] How the North Plunders the South w/ Jason Hickel Intermission music: "Green in the Valley" by Nicole Lawrence Upstream is entirely listener funded. No ads, no promotions, no grants—just Patreon subscriptions and listener donations. We couldn't keep this project going without your support. Subscribe to our Patreon for bi-weekly bonus episodes, access to our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, and for Upstream stickers and bumper stickers at certain subscription tiers. Through your support you'll be helping us keep Upstream sustainable and helping to keep this whole project going—socialist political education podcasts are not easy to fund so thank you in advance for the crucial support. patreon.com/upstreampodcast For more from Upstream, visit www.upstreampodcast.org and follow us on Instagram and Bluesky. You can also subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

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