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Book review of 'Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist'

Doughnut Economics

Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist 

Kate Raworth 

Random House

374 pages; Rs 699

A confession: This reviewer is not especially fond of books with numerals in their titles or sub-titles. They remind him of either self-help books such as Steven Covey’s Seven Habits or manuals such as Six-Sigma guides. Business travellers pick them up at airport bookshops in the hope of becoming more successful or better technocrats by the time they land at their destinations. Some exceptions, such as Alvin Toffler’s The Third Wave or Ruchir Sharma’s latest with a sub-title of “Ten Rules of Change