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 and IEE board member Erin Hotchkiss for a special origin story episode celebrating ten years since the publication of Unlocking the Labor Cage. This episode traces how curious questions unearthed economic blindspots, leading to three tenets that unite fragmented movements. From care privilege and solidarity economics to B Corps and Employee Ownership Trusts, great ideas need common language. Through a conversation spanning the future of work, three transformative conferences in 2017-2018, and the founding of the Institute for Economic Evolution, Vinny and Erin explore why culture, not policy, determines whether a new economic paradigm takes hold.
Creator & Guest Links
- Institute for Economic Evolution
- Design Economics Coalition
- Vinny Tafuro [LinkedIn]
- Erin Hotchkiss, IEE Board Member [LinkedIn]
Books
- Unlocking the Labor Cage: Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century, Vinny Tafuro (2016)
Referenced in This Episode
- Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs)
- Conscious Capitalism
- B Corp Certification
- Institute for New Economic Thinking, Edinburgh (2017)
- Foundation for Economic Education, Atlanta (2018)
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