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.
Latest Episodes
EP 21 Jody Levison-Johnson: Five & Rising; The Economy's Unfunded Engine
When Vinny came across Jody Levison-Johnson's Forbes piece arguing that the social sector deserves to be treated as an economic engine, he reached out. That conversati...
EP 20 Erin Hotchkiss: Fragments & Frameworks; Translating Silos Into Systems
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. ...
EP 19 Misty Heggeness: Swiftynomics; Taylor Swift & the Women Economics Ignored
Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Misty Heggeness, associate professor at the University of Kansas, former principal economist at the U.S. Census Bureau, ...
EP 18 Holly McCann: Growing Local; Blue Ridge Blueprint for a Local Food Economy
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-sus...
EP 17 Masami Sato: Woven In; Embedding Impact by Design
Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Masami Sato, founder and CEO of B1G1, a Singapore-based social enterprise and certified B Corp that has generated over 3...
