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Economics needs a new mindset to be fit for tackling this century's social and ecological challenges. The Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries offers a compass for those seeking to achieve this.

The language of human rights is increasingly being advocated as a framework for policy dialogue. To make this feasible, indicators must be developed that help to hold the state accountable for its policies, that help to guide and improve policy, and that are sensitive to local contexts without sacrificing the commitment to the universality of rights. Can it be done?This article examines ongoing attempts to devise indicators and argues that they are not based in a sufficiently clear conceptual framework. It argues for greater intelligibility in devising indicators concerning what they should be assessing, how to reflect the universalism of rights across different contexts, and how to weigh the conflicts of interest that characterize the public policy decision-making process.

There is no cure or vaccine for HIV/AIDS. The only life-prolonging treatment available is antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. WHO estimates, however, that less than 5 percent of those who require treatment in developing countries currently enjoy access to these medicines. In Africa fewer than 50,000 people–less than 2 percent of the people in need–currently receive ARV therapy. These facts have elicited strongly divergent reactions, and views about the appropriate response to this crisis have varied widely.The intensity of the debate concerning access to life-prolonging medicines for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, and the heated rhetoric with which they are often conducted, suggest that these disagreements may be rooted in deeper disagreements of value. It is not obvious, however, what disagreements of value are at stake in this debate. By analyzing the statements of scholars, public officials, activist organizations, and private sector representatives, each of whom may endorse very different policy recommendations on access to HIV/AIDS drugs, we have identified and created a typology of the different sources of disagreement in the debate. We conclude that the central disagreements concerning access to medicines arise from competing understandings of how responsibilities for bringing remedy to hardships should be allocated to different agents and institutions. A central lesson that emerges from our analysis is that thinking about "health equity" must extend beyond the explanation and justification of goals, values, and ideals, and engage more honestly with the difficult question of how responsibilities for bringing remedy to health crises should be allocated in complex social contexts.

Discusses the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, focusing on categories of disagreement about health policies related to cost of, and access to, antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, and the role of pharmaceutical companies; remedial responsibilities.

Kate Raworths nachhaltiges Wirtschaftsmodell – jetzt als aktualisierte, durchgesehene Studienausgabe mit neuem Nachwort der Autorin Die Vision von Ökonomin Kate Raworth hat sich als brillant erwiesen: Ihr Donut-Modell bietet einen Weg aus der Krise, der Kapitalismus, Ökologie und soziale Grundrechte vereint. In der Mitte des Donuts liegt das gesellschaftliche Fundament, darum der Kreis aus Ökologie, Politik, Wirtschaft – harmonisch im Einklang. Inzwischen gibt es weltweit Initiativen, die nach dem Donut-Modell arbeiten und damit den Weg für eine Wirtschaft ebnen, die den Planeten nicht zerstört. Der Donut ist eine radikale Abkehr von allen gewöhnlichen Wirtschaftsmodellen und bietet etwas, womit in der heutigen Ökonomie kaum noch jemand rechnet: echte Hoffnung. Die aktualisierte, durchgesehene Ausgabe gibt diese Entwicklungen wieder. Mit einem Nachwort der Autorin.

Kate Raworths nachhaltiges Wirtschaftsmodell – jetzt als aktualisierte, durchgesehene Studienausgabe mit neuem Nachwort der Autorin Die Vision von Ökonomin Kate Raworth hat sich als brillant erwiesen: Ihr Donut-Modell bietet einen Weg aus der Krise, der Kapitalismus, Ökologie und soziale Grundrechte vereint. In der Mitte des Donuts liegt das gesellschaftliche Fundament, darum der Kreis aus Ökologie, Politik, Wirtschaft – harmonisch im Einklang. Inzwischen gibt es weltweit Initiativen, die nach dem Donut-Modell arbeiten und damit den Weg für eine Wirtschaft ebnen, die den Planeten nicht zerstört. Der Donut ist eine radikale Abkehr von allen gewöhnlichen Wirtschaftsmodellen und bietet etwas, womit in der heutigen Ökonomie kaum noch jemand rechnet: echte Hoffnung. Die aktualisierte, durchgesehene Ausgabe gibt diese Entwicklungen wieder. Mit einem Nachwort der Autorin.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have the potential to become a powerful political vision that can support the urgently needed global transition to a shared and lasting prosperity. In December 2014, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General published his report on the SDGs. However, the final goals and targets that will be adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2015 risk falling short of expectations because of what we call " cockpit-ism": the illusion that top-down steering by governments and intergovernmental organizations alone can address global problems. In view of the limited effectiveness of intergovernmental efforts and questions about the capacity of national governments to affect change, the SDGs need to additionally mobilize new agents of change such as businesses, cities and civil society. To galvanize such a broad set of actors, multiple perspectives on sustainable development are needed that respond to the various motives and logics of change of these different actors. We propose four connected perspectives which can strengthen the universal relevance of the SDGs: " planetary boundaries" to stress the urgency of addressing environmental concerns and to target governments to take responsibility for (global) public goods; " the safe and just operating space" to highlight the interconnectedness of social and environmental concerns and its distributive consequences; " the energetic society" to benefit from the willingness of a broad group of actors worldwide to take action; and " green competition" to stimulate innovation and new business practices. To realize the transformative potential of the SDGs, these four perspectives should be reflected in the focus and content of the SDGs that will be negotiated in the run up to September 2015 and its further implementation.