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Aim of this intensive workshop is to understand macroeconomic workings of climate change as as the background of sustainable finance; to analyse financial assets with ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) criteria attached to them and their markets and important institutional players; to develop a critical perspective on the current setup of sustainable finance; and to synthesise this knowledge by applying it on in-depth case studies.
This workshop offers an introduction to Degrowth and Ecological Economics. It starts by surveying the socio-ecological crisis and its pseudo-solutions, and then moves to Ecological Macroeconomics as a relatively recent field of scholarship within Ecological Economics.
After completing the module, participants should be able to understand the economic consequences of gender inequality. They should be able to explain the contradictions between capital and care, analyze the labor market with a gender perspective and develop the ability to describe phenomena such as public policies taking into account "gender" as a category of analysis.
After completing the module, participants should have knowledge and understanding about the theory of Critical Political Economy and its basic methods. They should be able to apply central concepts to analyse critical questions regarding the embeddedness of economic relations within broader social, political and ecological relations.
Das Interdisziplinäre Studentische Kolloquium ISK ist ein seit 2013 an der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin stattfindendes wöchentliches Format zur kritischen Diskussion von Ökonomietheorien und anderen wissenschaftlichen Ansätzen die sich mit ökonomischen Fragen auseinandersetzen Das ISK verfolgt dabei drei Ziele 1 VWL stärker als politische Ökonomie zu verstehen 2 interdisziplinäre Zugänge …
Von 2006 bis 2019 wurde an der Universität Leipzig das sog Erwägungsseminar angeboten Das Konzept des Seminares fußt auf der Erwägungsdidaktik der Forschungsgruppe Erwägungskultur Paderborn und wurde Ende der 1980er Jahre entwickelt Die Grundidee umreißt einen spezifischen erwägungsorientierten Umgang mit Alternativen Demnach soll das Wissen von Expertinnen und Experten nicht …
Yao Graham, coordinator of Third World Network- Africa, reflects on lessons learned from past Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), specifically as they relate to the Post-Cotonou Agreement.
The world has seen the emergence of a rather different system of international lender of last resort organized as a network of central bank liquidity swap lines largely limited to the core countries of the Global North In this system central banks swap their own currency for dollars which they …
In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist es wiederholt zu Crashs und Stagnation auf den Finanzmärkten gekommen. Wiederkehrende Finanzkrisen sind ein Indiz dafür, dass Finanzmärkte latent instabil sind. Zentralbank und Staat (Regierung) mussten intervenieren, um die Finanzmärkte in einer Krise zu stabilisieren.
The historian Nicholas Mulder talks about the Western sanctions against Russia in the context of the Ukraine Crisis. He explains that the current sanctions are unprecedented in terms of size, speed and scope, expected consequences as well as potential drawbacks and problems.
Cédric Durand locates the Russian War on Ukraine in relation to Russian Economic Development and Political Economy after the collapse of the soviet union.
In this interview Ilya Matveev discusses the social, political, economic, and ideological foundations of the Russian regime, to provide additional context about Russia’s geopolitical goals.
What determines the status of women in different communities? What role is played by women’s labor (inside and outside of the home)? By cultural norms regarding sexuality and reproduction? By racial/ethnic identity? By religious traditions? After some brief theoretical grounding, this course will address these questions by examining the economic, political, social, and cultural histories of women in the various racial/ethnic groups that make up the US today.
In this course we will critically analyze both economic theory and economic life through the lens of gender. Topics covered include: a critical examination of gender patterns and trends in the household, labor market, and the firm; issues concerning gender inequalities in the economy.
This course introduces students to the relevance of gender relations in economics as a discipline and in economic processes and outcomes.
Die übergeordnete Forschungsfrage des Projektsseminars lautet: „Können Low-Profit-Investitionen einen zusätzlichen Beitrag zur Umsetzung der SDG leisten?“
In this class we will explore how globalization shapes and is shaped by gender norms with a particular focus on questions related to ‘work,’ mobility and well-being.
This course is an introduction to Development Economics and is concerned with how economists have sought to explain how the process of economic growth occurs, and how – or whether – that delivers improved well-being of people.
The goal of the course is to deepen students’ understanding of the Latin American development experience by viewing it through a gender lens.
Why did inflation lift of in 2022? Are there differences between the US and the Eurozone and if so, what are they?
The Atlas of Economic Complexity is an award-winning data visualization tool that allows people to explore global trade flows across markets, track these dynamics over time and discover new growth opportunities for every country.
Das Dezernat Zukunft hatte in diesem Webinar Stefan Eich als Gesprächsgast eingeladen um über dessen druckfrisch erschienenes Buch The Currency of Politics The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes Princeton University Press 2022 damit sowohl über die historische Rolle von Geldsystemen als politische Institutionen als auch über die …
This syllabus opens a literary overview of must-read papers in the field of development economics.
Is capitalism the context where gender inequalities are reproduced, or is capitalism something more than a context? What are the differences among women and how can we place them theoretically and politically. Reproductive work, is it a women’s work? These questions are disscused in a three-session workshop.
This lecture is based on the “Introducing the Economy” chapter from the Economy Studies book, which introduces the first building block in their framework for transforming the economics education. The aim is to give students a feel and
understanding of the economy as part of a bigger whole. Thus, it is aimed to introduce to students before getting into the economics curriculum with theory and models.
Commons stand for a plurality of practices ‘beyond market and state’ as the famous Commons scholar – and first female noble prize winner of economics - Elinor Ostrom put it. Their practice and theory challenge classical economic theory and stand for a different mode of caring, producing and governing. Within this workshop we want to dive into theory, practice and utopia of Commons following four blocks...
The workshop deals with the contribution of Plural Economics to the urgently needed change of the economic system towards sustainability and global responsibility.
After completing the module, participants should be able to demarcate and explain different economic approaches to sustainability. They should be able to evaluate the respective concepts based on their contribution to the ecological transformation of the economic system.
This self-paced free course by Perry Merhling guides you to his "Money View" approach that integrates the fields of economics and finance. The course can easily be understood by people interested people without technical economic knowledge or training as it is primarily a tool for analysis.
This syllabus provides an overview of the contents of the course "The Philosophy and Methodology of Economics" at the Duke University
Photo by Kaitlyn Ashley on Unsplash The world is still feeling reverberations from the financial crisis of 2008 foreseen by neither politicians nor economists The history of capitalism has been punctuated by major crises exposing the fragility of our entire economic system How has capitalism despite these ruptures managed to …
Wirtschaftspolitische Verhandlungen im Angesicht der Klimakrise - verschiedene Interessensgruppen mit unterschiedlichem ökonomischen Hintergrund treffen in diesem Planspiel aufeinander! Alle weiteren Informationen findet ihr hier.
A free online course at Masters-level will enable you to understand the past, present and future role of money in society.
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