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This lecture acts as an introduction to the Macroeconomics course (ECON 720) at John Jay College. Throughout the lecture, the classical and Keynesian conceptions of macroeconomic relationships are contrasted. 2021 Level: beginner Macroeconomics with J.W. Mason, Lecture 0: Introduction J.W. Mason The Economics Department of John Jay College of the City University of New York (CUNY) This book demonstrates the continuing relevance of economics for understanding the world, through a restatement of the importance of plurality and heterodox ideas for teaching and research. 2017 Level: advanced Post-Crash Economics Feraboli, Omar; Morelli, Carlo J. (eds.) Palgrave Macmillan What is economics? What can - and can't - it explain about the world? Why does it matter? 2015 Level: beginner Economics: The User's Guide Ha-Joon Chang Bloomsbury USA A comprehensive account of how government deficits and debt drive inflation 2023 Level: advanced The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level John Cochrane Princeton University Press Until the end of the early 1970s, from a history of economic thought perspective, the mainstream in economics was pluralist, but once neoclassical economics became totally dominant it claimed the mainstream as its own. Since then, alternative views and schools of economics increasingly became minorities in the discipline and were considered 'heterodox'. 2016 Level: advanced Reclaiming Pluralism in Economics Jerry Courvisanos, Jamie Doughney, Alex Millmow Routledge Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations provided the first, most influential and lasting explanation of the workings of modern economics. But with his focus on "the market" as the best mechanism for producing and distributing the necessities of life, Smith's concepts only told part of the story, leading to flawed economic models that devalue activities that fall outside of the market's parameters of buying and selling. 2007 Level: advanced The Real Wealth of Nations Riane Tennenhaus Eisler, Samuel Robert Eyre Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition exposes what many non-economists may have suspected and a minority of economists have long known: that economic theory is not only unpalatable, but also plain wrong. When the original Debunking Economics was published back in 2001, the market economy seemed invincible, and conventional "neoclassical" economic theory basked in the limelight. 2011 Level: beginner Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition Steve Keen Zed Books 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: beginner The future of money Nigel Dodd LSE Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics and development. Lourdes Benería, a pioneer in the field of feminist economics, is joined in this second edition by Gunseli Berik and Maria Floro to update the text to reflect the major theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions and global developments in the last decade. 2015 Level: advanced Gender, Development, and Globalization Lourdes Benería, Günseli Berik, Maria Floro Routledge The Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics surveys the achievements of the most visible scholars in this area. The contributions to the Companion give both a brief survey on the various fields of neo-Schumpeterian economics as well as insights into recent research at the scientific frontiers. 2007 Level: advanced Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics Horst Hanusch, Andreas Pyka Edward Elgar In this sharp intervention, authors Lucí Cavallero and Verónica Gago defiantly develop a feminist understanding of debt, showing its impact on women and members of the LGBTQ+ community and examining the relationship between debt and social reproduction. 2021 Level: beginner A Feminist Reading of Debt Luci Cavallero, Verónica Gago Pluto Press A Theory From bestselling writer David Graeber a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate Slate a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless unfulfilling jobs and their consequences Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world In the spring of 2013 David Graeber asked this question … 2019 Level: beginner Bullshit Jobs David Graeber Simon and Schuster Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics

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Nobel laureate Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans--predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth--and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world. 2016 Level: advanced Misbehaving Richard H. Thaler W.W. Norton The course will teach students to analyze the goals, implementation, and outcomes of economic policy. 2018 Level: advanced Advanced Economic Policy 2 Alyssa Schneebaum Vienna University of Economics and Business 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 Lena Rethel I-PEEL This essay deals with the concepts of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) and Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN). 2018 Level: beginner The importance of a Land Degradation Neutrality approach to achieving Sustainable Land Management Pınar Topçu Exploring Economics In this essay the author outlines the basis for embracing a post-work agenda, rooted in an emancipatory potential from the domination of waged work, which could help answer both feminist and ecological concerns with work. 2018 Level: beginner Towards a post-work future: a necessary agenda to reconcile feminist & ecological concerns with work Emilie Tricarico Exploring Economics MERCOSUR (Mercado Común del Sur or Common Southern Market) was the first formalized attempt to integrate South American countries economically and politically. 2018 Level: beginner How can MERCOSUR move forward? Micaela Mastropietro Pluralist Economics Fellowship How countries achieve long-term GDP growth is up there with the most important topics in economics. As Nobel Laureate Robert Lucas put it “the consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering: once one starts to think about them, it is hard to think about anything else.” Ricardo Hausmann et al take a refreshing approach to this question in their Atlas of Economic Complexity. They argue a country’s growth depends on the complexity of its economy: it must have a diverse economy which produces a wide variety of products, including ones that cannot be produced much elsewhere. The Atlas goes into detail on exactly what complexity means, how it fits the data, and what this implies for development. Below I will offer a summary of their arguments, including some cool data visualisations. 2020 Level: beginner GDP Growth: It’s Complicated Cahal Moran Rethinking Economics If there’s one method economists have neglected the most, it’s qualitative research. Whereas economists favour mathematical models and statistics, qualitative research seeks to understand the world through intensive investigation of particular circumstances, which usually entails interviewing people directly about their experiences. While this may sound simple to quantitative types the style, purpose, context, and interpretation of an interview can vary widely. Because of this variety, I have written a longer post than usual on this topic rather than doing it a disservice. Having said that, examples of qualitative research in economics are sadly scant enough that it doesn’t warrant multiple posts. In this post I will introduce qualitative research in general with nods to several applications including the study of firm behaviour, race, Austrian economics, and health economics. More than usual I will utilise block quotes, which I feel is in the spirit of the topic. 2020 Level: beginner Qualitative Methods in Economics: "You Can Observe a Lot Just by Watching" Cahal Moran Rethinking Economics This paper is a product of an online workshop held in Nigeria on the topic Unemployment: Policy Review and Recommendations. It explores the various unemployment policies introduced by the Nigerian Government and analysis how effective they are and suggests some practicable solutions to solving unemployment problems in the country. The workshop was organized by Rethinking Economics The Uploaders (RETU) as part of the project Solving the Major Economic Problem in Nigeria (SMEPN), an output of the Global Pluralist Economics Training (GPET). More details here: https://www.retheuploaders.org/programs/SMEPN 2021 Level: beginner Unemployment in Nigeria: Policy Review and Recommendations Abdulkhalid Anda Salihu Rethinking Economics The Uploaders (RETU) This course introduces students to the relevance of gender relations in economics as a discipline and in economic processes and outcomes. The course covers three main components of gender in economics and the economy: (1) the gendered nature of the construction and reproduction of economic theory and thought; (2) the relevance and role of gender in economic decision-making; and (3) differences in economic outcomes based on gender. We wil touch on the relevance of gender and gender relations in at least each of the following topics: economic theory; the history of economic thought; human capital accumulation; labor market discrimination; macroeconomic policy, including gender budgeting; household economics; basic econometrics; and economic crises. 2019 Level: beginner Gender Relations and Economics Alyssa Schneebaum Vienna University of Economics and Business The course will teach students to analyze the goals, implementation, and outcomes of economic policy. 2019 Level: advanced Advanced Economic Policy Alyssa Schneebaum Vienna University of Economics and Business Participants should be able to distinguish the strictly non-cooperative (methodological individualist) foundations of traditional neoclassical economics as being couched in self-interested individuals, as well as having basic knowledge of an alternative set of theories based on the primacy cooperation and social norms and extending the breadth of economic analysis beyond exchange. 2021 Level: beginner Cooperative Economics Jerome Warren Summer Academy for Pluralist Economics ‘We cannot afford their peace & We cannot bear their wars’: ​​​​​​​Value, Exploitation, Profitability Crises & ‘Rectification’ 2022 Level: beginner Political Economy based on Marx Elena Papagiannaki Summer Academy 2022 for Pluralist Economics Health Economics traditionally involves two distinct strands. One focuses on the application of core  neoclassical economic theories of the firm, the consumer and the market to health-seeking behaviour  and other health issues. It suggests a role for government intervention only in the case of specific  market failures (for example externalities, asymmetric information, moral hazard, and public goods)  that distort market outcomes. The second strand is evaluation techniques, used to assess the cost effectiveness of competing health interventions. 2022 Level: beginner Health Economics Julia Ngozi Chukwuma Summer Academy 2022 for Pluralist Economics 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 Cameron Guthrie Toulouse Business School The general idea of a Job Guarantee (JG) is that the government offers employment to everybody ready, willing and able to work for a living wage in the last instance as an Employer of Last Resort. The concept tackles societal needs that are not satisfied by market forces and the systemic characteristic of unemployment in capitalist societies. Being a central part of the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), attention for the JG concept rose in recent years. 2020 Level: beginner The Job Guarantee Jannik Landwehr Exploring Economics An Introduction to the Political Theory of John Maynard Keynes. John Maynard Keynes was arguably the greatest economist of the 20th century. He discovered the idea that governments should stimulate demand during economic downturns. 2017 Level: beginner An Introduction to the Political Theory of John Maynard Keynes The School of Life The School of Life Youtube Channel Ricardo Hausmann says the new industrial policy is an information revelation process about the state of possibilities, the nature of the obstacles and figuring out whether you can sort out the obstacles so that these new activities can take over. 2018 Level: beginner Industrial Policy: Love it or Hate it? Ricardo Hausmann Center for International Development at Harvard University 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 Robert B. Reich https://robertreich.org Prof. Robert Guttmann looks at the current transformation of the international world order through the lenses of global money and finance. 2019 Level: advanced Multipolar Capitalism Robert Guttmann Instituto de Economia da Unicamp

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