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Rebecca Henderson: Can Capitalism Save the World It’s Destroying?
49 minutes Posted May 2, 2026 at 11:00 am.
Introduction
Capitalism Reimagined
The Norway Turnaround
Hitting the Wall
Reweaving Ourselves
Finding the Way Through
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Can capitalism save the world it's destroying?
Rebecca Henderson thinks so. An economist at Harvard Business School and author of Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, she has advised some of the world's biggest corporations and argues that capitalism itself — and what drives corporations — urgently needs to change.
She's clear-eyed about capitalism's failures — the inequality, the exploitation, the environmental destruction — which is precisely what drives her passion for reforming it from within. And as a climate activist, she's haunted by the consequences if we fail to act.
But this conversation goes deeper than economics. Henderson opens up about hitting a personal wall in her climate work — and the unexpected turn that brought wonder back into her life.
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Book: "Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire"
More writing by Rebecca Henderson