My interest in Economics goes back to my school days and my PPE studies at Oxford in the early 1970s. However, I wasn't very satisfied with any of those subjects as a career, so I went into music, which I love, and from 1985 to 2014 taught at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. My interest in Politics, Philosophy and Economics has been an interest and hobby all my life, but in retirement I have become increasingly concerned about the direction of travel, and the apparent lack of new ideas, on all sides of the political and economic spectrum, about how to begin to solve the world's most pressing problems. This summer I finally discovered Doughnut (Donut in American English but let's not let spelling divide us) Economics, and the depth, breadth and intelligence of Kate Raworth's vision and hope for the future of the planet! I'm not sure how I can help but I'm going to explore and see what might be possible in my adopted home town.
