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What does political economy say about the global sugar production? Take a look at global trade regulations, intercountry inequalities, and the role of marketing.
2015
Level: beginner
Global sugar production - regulations, intercountry inequalities, and marketing
For some days, global financial markets are in turmoil. Central banks and governments are dealing with the unfolding crisis on a daily basis with seemingly u...
2020
Level: beginner
Replay of the financial crisis of 2008? What is different today, and what to expect?
This book presents recent thought on market efficiency, using a complex systems approach to move past equilibrium models and quantify the actual efficiency of markets.
2005
Level: advanced
Beyond Equilibrium and Efficiency
This book provides a far-reaching overview of the development of radical ecology and heterodox economics on the issues of sustainability.
2025
Level: beginner
Conceptualising an Alternative Political Economy of Sustainability
A detailed introduction into dependency theory that rethinks its relevance to modern development challenges.
2020
Level: beginner
Dependency Theory and Uneven Development
In this short video Peter Reich illustrates seven aspects of the state of the US economy. He provides suggestions on how to to get started to move towards a more fair distribution of wealth.
2019
Level: beginner
Everything You Need to Know About the New Economy
An overview of the last century economic theories asking what makes a heterodox economist. This lecture focuses on the evolution of the various academic traditions in economics. Lavoie presents his own typology for categorising seminal work within the post-Keynesian tradition while leaving space to acknowledge that categories are not binary, but can be used to help understand the different traditions, and how they have developed over the last decades.
2019
Level: advanced
History and fundamentals of Post Keynesian Macroeconomics
In the fifth part of the Economics of COVID-19 Webinar by SOAS, Jo Michell sketches out the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wider macroeconomy and warns against a resurgence of austerity politics.
2020
Level: advanced
Will Coronavirus Mean the End of Austerity? The Macroeconomics of the COVID-19 Crisis
Is inflation just a number game or does it hold deeper societal implications? Join Isabella Weber (@UMass.Amherst) as she challenges traditional economic stances on inflation and delves into the social dimensions of pricing. Discover how context shapes our reactions to price hikes and why understanding this can be a game-changer.
2023
Level: beginner
Sellers Inflation
This is a hands on four chapter course to learn how to better understand and act when faced with complex situations By the end of the course students will be able to take a story from the news describe what makes the situation complex and identify opportunities for effective action …
Level: beginner
Thinking Complexity
This lecture of the anthropologist David Graeber gives a brief introduction to the thoughts of his 2011 published book Debt: The First 5000 Years.
2012
Level: beginner
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
This panel was part of the conference "Next Generation Gentral Banking - Climate Change, Inequality, Financial Instability" 03. - 05.02.2021.
2021
Level: advanced
NextGen Central Banking: Central Banking Beyond Inflation
In this lecture, Sanjay Reddy reviews the work of János Kornai, especially his critique of the socialist system, which is rooted in his understanding of the eminently political character of socialism.
2020
Level: beginner
János Kornai's Critique of the Socialist System
Professor David Harvey presents a complete visual representation of the flow of capital in all its forms. Similar to the Water Cycle diagrams, Harvey models the economics of production, consumption, human reproduction, labor, private business, and government redistribution.
2017
Level: advanced
Visualizing Capital
The volume, released by YSI’s Economic Development Working Group, comprises interviews with 13 scholars from around the world who express a variety of viewpoints on the meaning and relevance of dependency theory in today’s context.
2017
Level: advanced
Dialogues on Development
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: advanced
Modern Money and the War Treasury
In this lecture, Branko Milanovic gives an overview of the concept of inequality as conceptualized within the classical school of thought.
2020
Level: beginner
Income Inequality in Quesnay, Smith, Ricardo and Marx (Part 1: Quesnay, Smith)
This archive contains open access copies of most of the written work, including the books of Karl William Kapp (1910-1976) was one of the forefathers of Ecological Economics.
Level: advanced
K. William Kapp archive
There are three things one can do on this website - 1. Learn 2. Help Teach 3. Sign up for the MOOC.
2013
Level: beginner
Econometrics Academy
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2019
Level: advanced
Pluriverse
UBC's Henry Siu, a professor at the Vancouver School of Economics, speaks about innovation in economics, technological progress and what it means for the fut...
2018
Level: beginner
Understanding technological change
Prof. Robert Wade (London School of Economics, UK) discusses industrial policy, the challenges of economic development for emerging countries like Brazil and...
2013
Level: beginner
Prof. Robert Wade discusses industrial policy - Rethinking the State
This talk is an exploration of a feminist centred world, where women's labour, women's energy, women's contributions to the economy are not a side event but the main event.
2020
Level: beginner
Feminist economics is everything. The revolution is now!
Trickle Down Economics - an old topic, but still present in our lives. The idea consists of deregulation of the economy and of lower tax for the top in order to increase the "size of the pie" so everybody would have a bigger piece, even with a smaller share.
2015
Level: beginner
A critique to Trickle-down economics
Can pluralism in economics be useful to tackle the fight against climate change? How can diversity in methods and ideas allow for a better understanding of the issue of the climate crisis? What solutions do different schools of thought offer to overcome the most pressing challenge of the 21st Century?
2020
Level: beginner
Clips on Climate: Ecological Economics
Can pluralism in economics be useful to tackle the fight against climate change? How can diversity in methods and ideas allow for a better understanding of the issue of the climate crisis?
2020
Level: beginner
Clips on Climate: Behavioral Economics
Study of the German Council of Economic Experts on the potential economic effects of a comprehensive energy embargo against Russia
2022
Level: advanced
A potential sudden stop of energy imports from Russia: Effects on energy security and economic output in Germany and the EU
Through contributions from leading authors, Issues in Heterodox Economics provides a critical analysis of the methodology of mainstream economics.
2008
Level: advanced
Issues In Heterodox Economics
This dossier gives an overview of the functions and the nature of money. The concept of Islamic finance is briefly explored, too.
2015
Level: beginner
The Nature of Money
A concise introduction to Marx's Labour Theory of Value, the three ratios and the falling rate of profit hypothesis.
2009
Level: beginner
Marx's Theory of Economic Crisis
David Harvey illustrates the five most common narratives on why the financial and economic crisis took place – from human frailty to policy failure.
2010
Level: beginner
RSA ANIMATE: Crises of Capitalism
Donald Trump won in 2016 largely because enough voters in three states, all in the Rustbelt, which had voted for Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012, switched their electoral votes from Democratic to Republican.
2019
Level: beginner
The Rise of Trumpism

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