160. Beyond Profit, Financial Returns & GDP
With Dr Katherine Trebeck
Dr Katherine Trebeck helps make sense of the state of our economy, amidst recurrent gloomy global forecasts, and stark reports about what’s really driving such drastic inflation and inequality. All that informs the back half of our chat on some recent significant global shifts towards economies that make more sense here and now, and that are inherently designed to work well for people and planet.
Katherine Trebeck, just as we were about to record (pic: Anthony James).
“There was a beautiful story from Esther Park, who’s supporting regen farming and putting the finance there. And she’s almost found the more traditional KPIs that folks in her sector doing investment would have to be bound by, she found she could only do what she needed to do by parking those and putting them aside. And she told an amazing story about trusting her gut, and learning that confidence. Again, it comes back to the fact that there are folks who are doing this and proving that it’s possible and proving that it works.”
This includes an opportunity to get involved here in Australia, with our federal government’s current initiative, and last week’s major project launch by the Sustainable Table team. And we look at some of the stories that are really blazing the trail - beyond profit, financial returns and GDP.
Dr Katherine Trebeck is co-founder of the global Wellbeing Economy Alliance and the group of Wellbeing Economy Governments. Now back in Australia, Katherine is also a senior advisor for The Next Economy (featured in episode 134 of the podcast), and co-author of The Economics of Arrival: Ideas for a Grown Up Economy.
This conversation was recorded in Canberra on 23 April 2023.
Find more:
Hear more from Katherine on episode 99, and more of her life story on episode 29.
Have your say in the Australian government’s Measuring what matters, second consultation process, ending 26 May 2023.
Join us at a mini-festival with community forum hosted by Anthony James this Sunday 7 May.
Music:
Regeneration, composed by Amelia Barden, from the soundtrack of the film Regenerating Australia, available for community screenings now.