{"id":24343,"date":"2023-01-10T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T14:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=24343"},"modified":"2023-01-19T07:38:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T06:38:37","slug":"the-doughnut-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/01\/the-doughnut-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doughnut Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1934, an American economist Simon Kuznets developed the concept of GDP. It is the monetary value of all products and services produced in a country each year. Today, it is now used as a means to measure the economic progress of a nation. Kate Raworth, an English economist, proposed a different approach in measuring and creating a better economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s watch the video and know more about the &#8220;Doughnut Economics&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How do we create a better economy?\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6MK6tuZ7Rws?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does the phrasal verb \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">run down<\/span>\u201d mean? \u201cIt tells us nothing about the living world, the forest and the mines that get <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>run down<\/em><\/span> in order to create this value.\u201d Use it in your own sentence.<\/li><li> What does &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">caveat<\/span>&#8221; mean? Use it in a sentence. <\/li><li>Give 1-2 synonym\/s of the word \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">overshoot<\/span>\u201d. Use them in your own sentences.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is the doughnut theory? How does it work and how is it different from the Peter Pan theory?<\/li><li>Do you agree that endless growth is a sign of progress in economy? Why or why not?<\/li><li>How can GDP alone not measure the economic progress of a country?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate In 1934, an American economist Simon Kuznets developed the concept of GDP. It is the monetary value of all products and services produced in a country each year. Today, it is now used as a means to measure the economic progress of a nation. 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