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. 2021 Level: leicht Post-pandemic future of work - How does digitization impact labour? Neha Chauhan, Miguel Corredera, Krystian Lukasik, Filipa Reis Exploring Economics South Africa’s taxi industry was established by black people in the 1930s and has faced numerous challenges, including those posed by decades of apartheid laws. Covid-19 has highlighted contemporary challenges facing the industry and has also raised questions about how it can keep ‘driving forward’. This podcast explores questions such as what changes need to be made, and who can be the ‘drivers’ of such change. 2021 Level: mittel Driving Forward Social and Solidarity Economy: The Case of South Africa's Taxi Industry Maria Fustic, Georgia Pagiavla, Paloma Chuquín Alarcón, Jing-Syuan Wong, Georgia Pagiavla, Paloma Chuquín Alarcón, Jing-Syuan Wong Exploring Economics This video explains what a co-operative is, discussing the different types, their history and purposes, before moving on to discuss the current state of the co-operative movement. 2019 Level: leicht What is a Co-op? John Atherton Co-operatives UK Exploring Economics, an open-access e-learning platform, giving you the opportunity to discover & study a variety of economic theories, topics, and methods. 1997 Level: mittel Time to Ditch the NAIRU James K. Galbraith American Economic Association Karl Marx was the greatest champion of the labor theory of value. The logical problems of this theory have, however, split scholars of Marx into two factions: those who regard it as an indivisible component of Marxism, and those who wish to continue the spirit of analysis begun by Marx without the labor theory of value. 1993 Level: schwer Use-Value, Exchange Value, and the Demise of Marx's Value Theory of Labor Steve Keen Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol. 15, Issue 1 In der Auseinandersetzung um eine nachhaltige und lebenswerte Zukunft ist die Arbeitskritik eine unerlässliche Perspektive. Denn Arbeit basiert immer auf Ressourcen- und Energieverbrauch und hat somit immer direkte oder indirekte Umweltauswirkungen. 2020 Level: leicht Wie Arbeitskritik die Klimadebatte bereichern kann Maja Hoffmann Economist for Future An increasing number of older women are facing uncertain economic futures. The Women in Economics Network (WEN) in Australia hosted a webinar to explore the emerging situation and public policy responses that can reduce the number of older women at risk of experiencing poverty and homelessness. 2021 Level: leicht Women's economic wellbeing in older age   Women in Economics Network Australia The webinar covers three different topics that relate to reconciling with the Indigenous people in Australia: financial resilience, childcare/child development and economic participation through business procurement. Despite showing significant strength and resilience in the face of colonial injustices, Australian Indigenous people and their families continue to be affected by past trauma. 2021 Level: leicht How can economics contribute to Indigenous Reconciliation?   Women in Economics Network Australia Nancy Fraser starts out by introducing the multidmiensional cirises of the 21st century Three dimensions are especially alarming to her the ecological the financial and social aspects of the crisis Fraser then revives the ideas of Karl Polanyi which he first presented in his 1944 book The great transformation She … 2013 Level: mittel Can societies be commodities all the way down? Nancy Fraser Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki Wirtschaftspolitik.cc ist ein interaktives Online Lehrbuch zur Einführung in die Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik. Ziel ist eine Einführung in sechs Teilbereiche der Wirtschaftspolitik (von denen bisher vier online sind) auf Abitur/Bachelor Niveau. 2020 Level: leicht Wirtschaftspolitik.cc Ifso University Duisburg-Essen, Till van Treeck, Julian Becker Ifso Mainstream economic narratives notably the concept of comparative advantage trade theory which assumes the equal balance of power between parties are deployed to support the merits of Global Value Chains that the global integration via trade creates mutual gains for both developed and developing countries This narrative is advanced in … 2021 Level: leicht World Development under Monopoly Capitalism Benjamin Selwyn Developing Economics Inklusion ist ein Konzept, das unser Wirtschaftssystem existenziell in Frage stellt. Bei konsequenter Anwendung würden wir uns von der Vormachtstellung der Erwerbsarbeit verabschieden. Ein Beitrag von Clara Porak. 2021 Level: leicht Inklusion ist eine radikale Idee Clara Porak Economist for Future Der Philosoph Gert Scobel geht in diesem Video dem Begriff der "Entfremdung" nach, der für die Marx'sche Analyse der Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft sehr bedeutsam ist. 2020 Level: leicht Marx - wie sieht Entfremdung heute aus?   Gert Scobel, 3sat Der Vortrag gibt Einblicke in eine sozioökonomische Perspektive auf die Themen Ungleichheit und Ökologie Insbesondere werden dazu die Konzepte der positionalen Externalitäten und endogenen Präferenzen erläutert Anschließend werden diese auf drei Themenkomplexe angewandt Das Arbeitsangebot die Schuldenkrise in den USA sowie Arbeitszeit und CO2 Budget Der Vortrag ist eine Sondervorlesung … 2019 Level: leicht Ungleichheit und Ökologie: eine sozioökonomische Perspektive Prof. Dr. Till van Treeck Institut für Sozioökonomie, Universität Duisburg-Essen 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. 2021 Level: leicht Marxist Political Economy Anna Weber Summer Academy for Pluralist Economics An examination of women's changing economic roles. Includes an analysis of labour force participation, wage inequality, gender differences in education, intra-household distribution of resources, economics of reproduction, and how technological change affects women. 2015 Level: leicht Women and the Economy Dr. Cristina Echevarria University of Saskatchewan 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 Dr. Erin George Hood College This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of work-related gender issues and to enable students to analyze the issues using the tools of economics. 2015 Level: leicht Women, Men, & Work Karen Leppel School of Business Administration at Widener University This course is intended to present some of the main ideas underlying the micro aspects of gender economics. The courses will tackle issues as fertility, marriage, women labor force participation, wage gap, gender inequality, violence against women and women empowerment within her household and within the society where she lives. Level: mittel Gender and Microeconomics Hanan Nazier and Racha Ramadan Cairo University - Faculty of Economics and Political Science 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. 2015 Level: mittel Development Economics Sakiko Fukuda-Parr The New School 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? 2014 Level: leicht Sex-Segregated Labor Markets Julie Nelson University of Massachusetts Sabel and Zeitlin present the persistence of small firms in Europe against the rise of mass production and modern enterprises Their article starts by analysing how mass production can be considered a historical necessity for the classical view as it is a highly specialized structure where man and machine can … 1985 Level: mittel Historical Alternatives to Mass Production: Politics, Markets and Technology in Nineteenth-Century Industrialization Charles Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin Oxford University Press on behalf of The Past and Present Society The podcast discusses how to deal with the rising inflation and presents a comparative perspective between the US and the EMU. Basically the speakers discuss whether we are heading to a stagflation in Europe similar to the 1970s and they compare the macroeconomic dynamics in the United States vs. the EMU. 2022 Level: mittel Taming inflation? What are the implications of prolonged inflation? Maria Demertzis, Grégory Claeys and Megan Greene The Sound of Economics, Bruegel Why did inflation lift of in 2022? Are there differences between the US and the Eurozone and if so, what are they? 2022 Level: schwer The Inflation Surge of 2021-22: Scarcity of Goods and Commodities, Strong Labor Markets and Anchored Infl ation Expectations Ángel Ubide ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics/CEPS – Centre for European Policy Studies The author discusses the various dimensions of the recent hike in inflation in the context of the United States and policy dilemmas around high inflation GDP decline and unemployment Servaas Storm Institute for New Economic Thinking 2022 Level: mittel Inflation in a Time of Corona and War Servaas Storm Institute for New Economic Thinking In this famous article Michal Kalecki describes the three main reasons that push business leaders to reject the intervention of the government to ensure full employment i dislike of government interference in the problem of employment as such ii dislike of the direction of government spending public investment and subsidizsing … 1943 Level: leicht Political Aspects of Full Employment Michael Kalecki Political Quarterly From the perspective of mainstream theory the effectiveness of monetary policy in bringing down inflation depends on two very important equations the aggregate demand equation and the infamous Phillips Curve Without these it becomes more difficult or rather impossible for central banks to carry out monetary policy and obtain the … 2022 Level: mittel Monetary Policy and the Phillips Curve Louis-Philippe Rochon Monetary Policy Institute ‘We cannot afford their peace & We cannot bear their wars’: ​​​​​​​Value, Exploitation, Profitability Crises & ‘Rectification’ 2022 Level: leicht Political Economy based on Marx Elena Papagiannaki Summer Academy 2022 for Pluralist Economics Capitalism is dissolving boundaries - not only in the sense of ever-expanding global trade flows, but also in the concrete everyday working lives of individuals. What implications does this have for our understanding of freedom, work and borders? Level: leicht Capitalism & Boundaries   Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik e.V. "Could a cooperative market economy, in which firms are owned and controlled by their workers, be a viable and efficient alternative to capitalism?" Level: leicht Economic Democracy: The Cooperative Alternative Donald A. R. George, Rick Woodward, Juliette Summers, Jelte Harnmeijer, David Erdal The University of Edinburgh David Harvey is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York CUNY the Director of Research at the Center for Place Culture and Politics and the author of numerous books He has been teaching Karl Marx s Capital for nearly 50 … Level: mittel Reading Marx’s Capital David Harvey City University of New York This course provides an introduction to the ILO’s Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration). The course uses real cases related to labour and employment issues as examples of how the MNE Declaration is used in practice or as guidance. 2019 Level: leicht ILO - An introduction to the MNE Declaration ILO n.a.