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How does fiscal policy work and which dimensions have to be considered? In this short text, you can learn about the difficulty of juggling different dimensions and which optimal rules exist at the micro and macro level.
2019
Level: leicht
Why is fiscal policy so difficult?
Planet Money and The Indicator aim to explain current economic events in an easy, fun and accessible manner.
2008
Level: leicht
Planet Money
To prevent the coronavirus shock to demand precipitating a long-lasting depression, government needs to become short-term payer of last resort.
2020
Level: leicht
Introducing the Payer of Last Resort
This is an online panel and discussion on the ongoing and potential gendered impacts of COVID-19 organized by the International Association of Feminist Economics (IAFFE).
2020
Level: leicht
Feminist Economics Perspectives on COVID-19
Banner and Pastor debunk granted assumptions of the neoclassical theory, such as self-interested human behavior, the necessity of inequality and growth, to pull the threads between the new possible foundations of our society, "prosperity, security and community".
2020
Level: leicht
Solidarity Economics—for the Coronavirus Crisis and Beyond
In this podcast, Laura Basu focuses on how capitalist markets and nation-states perpetuate structural racism.
2020
Level: leicht
Is capitalism racist?
This text summarizes the content of the 2018 Nobel Prize winner W. Nordhaus. It is extended by some critical perspectives on this topic. The short dossier gives an overview of the most important texts we have read in the climate economics reading group.
2018
Level: leicht
Climate Economics and the DICE Model
Are there any limits to government spending? In times of war, particularly? And what about the aftermath of such special times when treasuries seemingly feel unshackled from any rules? And are those times really any special? That is what this paper is about.
2019
Level: mittel
Modern Money and the War Treasury
Rethinking Economics NL explores every month together with a new host the field of economics from a different perspective.
2021
Level: leicht
Epistemic Humility and Rethinking Economics
Industrial policy has been a central part of policy prescription by many heterodox schools arguably since mercantilism, but the theories behind it and types of policy advocated for have evolved over time. Recently some neoclassical economists have shown renewed interest in it, but is this mainstream acceptance a step back or a step forward from earlier heterodox ideas?
2021
Level: leicht
Industrial policy
Exploring Economics, an open-access e-learning platform, giving you the opportunity to discover & study a variety of economic theories, topics, and methods.
2015
Level: schwer
Socialist Calculation and Market Socialism
How exactly are persisting social inequalities and the operations of modern finance connected? Adam Tooze provides a detailed answer to a still relevant problem by focusing on the Great Financial Crisis and the role of the finance industry in the USA.
2019
Level: mittel
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
This collection of videos offers a short introduction to ecological economics and its main differences with respect to environmental economics.
2021
Level: leicht
Short lectures on ecological economics
Looking for a pithy introduction into John Maynard Keynes's economic thinking? This BBC radio programme may be it.
2018
Level: leicht
Keynesianism: The Story Behind This Key Economic Theory
Is our system capable of energy transition and climate protection? How plural is economic policy in practice and who makes the big decisions? What kind of change do we want?
2021
Level: leicht
Energy and Climate Economics - Where do we come from and where do we have to go?
Many economists refer to economic growth as a cake that is supposed to grow for the benefit of all.
2021
Level: leicht
Social Limits to Growth
Ecologcial economics conceptualizes our society as embedded within the environment and our economic system as embedded within society and the environment.
2021
Level: leicht
Is ecological economics for rebels? Accounting for natural resources
The world is regularly shaken by crises some are bigger others are smaller in scope Local turmoil military conflicts commodity scarcity bank runs health threats the history of mankind can be written as a history of crises Three major global crises occurred in the last fifty years alone the oil …
2021
Level: leicht
Understanding Crises - What to take from here for better policy advice in the future?
In this short video, John Holmwood problematizes Marxian Economics from a post-colonial perspective.
2021
Level: mittel
Marx: Colonialism, Class and Capitalism
This film looks at the role economic growth has had in bringing about this crisis, and explores alternatives to it, offering a vision of hope for the future and a better life for all within planetary boundaries.
2020
Level: leicht
Fairytales of Growth
This episode from Odd Lost podcast with financial analyst Zoltan Pozsar features a discussion on the potential long-term financial effects of the Ukraine-Crisis on dollar and the global currency system centered around it.
2022
Level: mittel
Zoltan Pozsar on Russia, Gold, and a Turning Point for the U.S. Dollar
The goal of this course is to explore these differences in economic outcomes observed among women and men, measured by such things as earnings, income, hours of work, poverty, and the allocation of resources within the household. It will evaluate women’s perspectives and experiences in the United States and around the world, emphasizing feminist economics.
Level: leicht
Economics of Gender
This course introduces students to the relevance of gender relations in economics as a discipline and in economic processes and outcomes.
2015
Level: leicht
Gender relations and Economics
Aim: to work out jointly with students a systematic perception of how the gender factor can impact on economic and demographic development. This course is pioneering: it is the first time that such a course has been introduced into the curriculum of a Russian higher educational institution with a focus on economics.
Level: mittel
Gender Economics
The lecturer focuses on his own paper The Economic Limits of Bitcoin and Anonymous Decentralized Trust on the Blockchain analysing the innovation of cryptocurrencies particularly bitcoin and its economic credibility The innovator of cryptocurrency Satoshi Nakamoto incorporated an interesting combination of computer sciences and economics The paper argues the limitations …
2022
Level: leicht
The Economics of Cryptocurrencies
Asset Management firms control large parts of the global economy Just the three American asset management firms BlackRock Vanguard and State Street manage more than half of the combined value of all shares for companies in the S P 500 Their combined managed assets amount to 22 trillion May 2022 …
2022
Level: mittel
Asset Manager Capitalism
Mitch Jeserich interviews Professor Richard D Wolff a professor of economics at the New School University in New York City Prof Wolff presents an explanatory theory of how inflation occurs in an economy Briefly profit driven employers raise the price in order to maximize profits of private corporations they own …
2022
Level: leicht
Richard Wolff On Everything You Need to Know About Inflation
In this teaching pack, we look at the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk. In particular, we focus on what it means to take a company private and how the deal was financed.
2022
Level: leicht
Musk buys Twitter
In dem Gespräch ging es darum, wie der Sachverständigenrat eigentlich arbeitet und wie Achim zum „Wirtschaftsweisen“ geworden ist. Außerdem haben wir uns über die Position des Sachverständigenrates zur CO²-Bepreisung und Achims Minderheitsvotum zur Schuldenbremse unterhalten.
2020
Level: mittel
In der Wirtschaft mit Achim Truger … und der Sachverständigenrat.
Money is the fantasy that makes the world go round. Where did it come from and what is its future? From the Bank of England to Bitcoin and the Bristol Pound, LSE sociologist Nigel Dodd explores.
Level: leicht
The future of money
From the mercantile monopolies of seventeenth-century empires to the modern-day authority of the WTO, IMF, and World Bank, the nations of the world have struggled to effectively harness globalization's promise. The economic narratives that underpinned these eras the gold standard, the Bretton Woods regime, the "Washington Consensus" brought great success and great failure.
2011
Level: mittel
The Globalization Paradox
Why is money more valuable than the paper on which it is printed Monetarists link the value of money to its supply and demand believing the latter depends on the total value of the commodities it circulates According to Prabhat Patnaik this logic is flawed In his view in any …
2009
Level: mittel
The Value of Money

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