Beyond tweaks: confronting the economic elephants in the room

We’re living with the consequences of an economic system designed to extract, exclude, and concentrate power. Inequality is growing, ecosystems are breaking down and yet we are told that incremental reform will be enough.

Join political economist and wellbeing economy advocate Dr Katherine Trebeck as she explains and explores the Wellbeing Economy movement – an agenda grounded in care, justice, and life.

Dr Trebeck will share insights from Australia and around the world, spotlighting where real change is happening and what is needed to build an economy that truly serves people and the planet.

Beyond tweaks: Just the truth and the courage to act on it.

What if we stopped tweaking and started transforming? What if we centred people and planet and demanded structural change that redistributes power and redefines what the economy is for?

The ideas are already out there. The alternatives are rooted in wellbeing, equity, and sustainability and they are gaining ground. So why aren’t they taking hold? Who’s standing in the way? And what will it really take to make the shift?

This event calls time on polite conversations and half-measures, it will confront the elephants in the room:

• Who benefits from the current system—and who pays the price?
• Why are bold economic ideas so often diluted or derailed?
• What kinds of political, economic, and cultural power shifts must we be willing to fight for?

Join the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation for a bold conversation about building an economy that places people and the planet at the forefront of economic decision making.

Misha Ketchell, editor at The Conversation, will lead a thought-provoking Q&A session with Dr Trebeck to discuss new economic systems that places social and environmental outcomes before profit.

Attendees can submit a question for the Q&A session when booking a ticket, or afterwards by emailing rsvp@lmcf.org.au

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