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Rethinking Capitalism This course provides future change makers in public and private sectors with a comprehensive overview on the structures and actors that shape markets. The Governance of Markets in Challenging Times: From Classic Authors to New Approaches This course will survey contemporary heterodox approaches to economic research, both from a microeconomic and a macroeconomic perspective. Topics will be treated from a general, critical, and mathematical standpoint. Heterodox Approaches to Economics To what extent does gender affect people's patterns of labor force participation, educational preparation for work, occupations, hours of work (paid and unpaid) and earnings? Sex-Segregated Labor Markets In this essay the author elaborates on the EU's perspective on the fast growing sector of the platform economy. Sharing is Caring? On the EU- Narrative on Platform Economy What are the implications of the politics of "behavioural change"? Alexander Feldmann took a closer look for you on nudging and framing and if this is a legitimate instrument being used by the state to make us behave better in terms of our carbon footprint. Politics as supermarket? Or how current policy design changes the relationship between the state and its citizens The outbreak of COVID-19 has substantially accelerated the digitalization of the economy. Yet, this unprecedented growth of digital technology brought novel challenges to the labour market. Rise in income inequalities and precarious working conditions or polarization of jobs. In this essay, we try to assess what tools to use to counter these trends. Post-pandemic future of work - How does digitization impact labour? In this talk, Eric Beinhocker outlines his ideas of how to ensure a just and sustainable future for Humanity: This includes his interesting Russian Doll approach to unpacking 20th-century economics and proposals of new theories to underpin a new economic system. Economic Transition in the Anthropocene 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. History and fundamentals of Post Keynesian Macroeconomics In this lecture, Branko Milanovic gives an overview of the concept of inequality as conceptualized within the classical school of thought. Income Inequality in Quesnay, Smith, Ricardo and Marx (Part 1: Quesnay, Smith) Have you ever thought about the role of civil society and the evolution of economy in one breath? This one hour long interview of Daron Acemoğlu (MIT) and Martin Wolf (Financial Times) by Rethinking Economy NL gives you much inspiration for it. Socioeconomics of Disruptive Tech In this short video, John Holmwood problematizes Marxian Economics from a post-colonial perspective. Marx: Colonialism, Class and Capitalism A Study of Capitalist Rule This book aims at presenting and assessing imperialism as a theoretical concept It aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation focusing specifically on the tension between Marx s theoretical system of the Critique of Political Economy and the theories of capitalist expansion and domination For over … Rethinking Imperialism Orthodox economics operates within a hypothesized world of perfect competition in which perfect consumers and firms act to bring about supposedly optimal outcomes. The discrepancies between this model and the reality it claims to address are then attributed to particular imperfections in reality itself. Capitalism This syllabus provides an overview of the contents of the course "The Philosophy and Methodology of Economics" at the Duke University The Philosophy and Methodology of Economics Exploring Economics, an open-access e-learning platform, giving you the opportunity to discover & study a variety of economic theories, topics, and methods. Socialist Calculation and Market Socialism What is James Tobin's main contribution? What is Arrow's impossibility theorem? Which economists have made the most significant contribution to rational expectations? These and countless other questions are resolved in this eloquently written unique book by Mark Blaug, one of the most prominent historians of economic thought. Great Economists Since Keynes This dossier gives an overview of the functions and the nature of money. The concept of Islamic finance is briefly explored, too. The Nature of Money The vast uncertainty surrounding the possible spread of COVID 19 and the duration of the near economic standstill required to combat it make forecasting little different from guessing Clearly this is a whatever it takes moment for large scale outside the box fiscal and monetary policies Carmen M Reinhart Project … This Time Truly Is Different | by Carmen M. Reinhart This video provides a brief introduction to post-keynesian economics and how the school of thought would tackle climate change. Clips on Climate: Postkeynesian Economics The course will teach students to analyze the goals, implementation, and outcomes of economic policy. Advanced Economic Policy 2 On July 2020 ZOE-Institute published a unique platform for transformative policymaking: Sustainable Prosperity. Building on insights from new economic thinking the platform provides knowledge about ideas, arguments and procedures that support effective promotion of political change. It aims to strengthen change makers in public policy institutions, who are working on an ambitious green and just transition. As such, it provides convincing arguments and policy ideas to overcome the reliance of economic policy on GDP growth Sustainable Prosperity This article demonstrates Schumpeter s propagated approach to monetary analysis in macroeconomics so as to provide for a better understanding of the relation between finance and growth Peter Bofinger Lisa Geißendörfer Thomas Haas Fabian Mayer voxEU Discovering the 'true' Schumpeter: New insights on the finance and growth nexus The Centre for Economy Studies works on improving and modernising economics education to ensure that students will be better prepared for their future careers and the societal challenges we face today and in the coming decades. The Essential Lectures are teaching packs designed for 90-minute sessions that can be added to existing courses. Economy Studies Essential Lectures This article investigates the set up of the CFA franc zones, its ties to French neocolonialism and its ability to further breed dependency in the former colonies. The CFA Franc Zones: Neocolonialism and Dependency