Design Economics Podcast with Vinny Tafuro
Design Economics Podcast with Vinny Tafuro
Podcast Description
Join us to discover how design thinking can revolutionize economics for the 21st century. Learn about the Institute for Economic Evolution's three tenets of design economics and meet the pioneering thinkers who are shaping this approach. From challenging economic orthodoxy to creating human-centered solutions, explore how design economics is evolving economics to better serve humanity and the environment.
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The podcast centers on themes such as design economics, economic alternatives, and human-centered solutions, with episodes that examine trends like post-capitalist futures and sustainable economic practices. For instance, one episode discusses the three tenets of design economics while another explores visionary contributions from notable economists.
Join us to discover how design thinking can revolutionize economics for the 21st century. Learn about the Institute for Economic Evolution’s three tenets of design economics and meet the pioneering thinkers who are shaping this approach. From challenging economic orthodoxy to creating human-centered solutions, explore how design economics is evolving economics to better serve humanity and the environment.
Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Holly McCann, co-founder and Core Steward of Blue Ridge Foodshed Commons, a public benefit company catalyzing a self-sustaining local food economy in Western North Carolina. Holly traces her path from Silicon Valley corporate attorney to regenerative systems designer, and explains why food is where you have to start when rebuilding an economy rooted in life rather than extraction. From the paradox of a region with 5,000 family farms that sources only 4% of its food locally, to a Perpetual Purpose Trust in development to protect the mission for generations, this episode explores what it looks like to design a regional food economy from the ground up.
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Books Mentioned
- Regenerative Economics: Revolutionary Thinking for a World in Crisis — John Fullerton (2025)
- Bioregional Financing Facilities: Reimagining Finance to Regenerate Our Planet — Samantha Power & Leon Seefeld, The BioFi Project (2024) — also available free at biofi.earth
- The Local Food Revolution: How Humanity Will Feed Itself in Uncertain Times — Michael Brownlee (2016)
Organizations & Resources Mentioned
- The BioFi Project
- Capital Institute (John Fullerton)
- Foodshed Cultivator venture studio — launching June 17, 2026
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