Photo: The covers of 'Extractive Capitalism' and 'Doughnut Economics'.

Extractive Capitalism by Laleh Khalili (2025), and Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth (2022)

Extractive Capitalism and Doughnut Economics

Extractive Capitalism by Laleh Khalili (2025), and Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth (2022)

by Neil Morgan 21st August 2026

I finally came to my senses reading an in-your-face article by Oliver Milman in the Guardian

It was titled ‘Climate Crisis up-side? Banks say air-conditioning firms will thrive’. It reported that, while the world is on track for climate catastrophe, this will create an opportunity for air-conditioning companies, and we should be investing in them now. One should have put a lot of cash into air-conditioning in 2025, in fact.