In recent years issues surrounding tax evasion and avoidance have gotten more attention in public debates and policy making around the world. It poses key questions about how we want to (re)organise our economies, what the rules of the game are, and who benefits from them. Any good economist today should have a basic understanding of this issue as it has implications for public finance and inequality, but market competition and macroeconomic statistics. 2022 Level: leicht An introduction into (not) taxing wealth and profits – Economy Studies   Economy Studies Colonial Global Economy is a module of the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project and examines the ongoing significance of colonial relations in the structure of the global economy It consists of 7 introductory lectures which range between 17 and 39 minutes of length In addition further readings resources and questions for … 2020 Level: leicht Colonial Global Economy Prof Gurminder K Bhambra n.a. The main goal of this website is to make Economics less confusing. You can explore what the discipline of Economics is and could be. Learn about basic Economic terms and jargon. 2019 Level: leicht ecnmy.org - What is the Economy?   ecnmy.org In this Ted Talk, Oxford economist Kate Raworth argues that instead of prioritizing the growth of nations, the world should rather prioritize meeting the needs of all people living on the planet within ecological limits. 2018 Level: leicht A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow Kate Raworth TED 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 Introduces four of the most influential economists you'll never read in a modern economics class - Marx, Veblen, Keynes, and Galbraith. 2016 Level: leicht Introduction to Political Economy Charles Sackrey, Geoffrey Schneider, Janet Knoedler Dollars & Sense Croatia adopted the euro as its currency on 1 January 2023, becoming the 20th member state of the eurozone. In this teaching pack, students learn what it entails to join the eurozone and discuss what its effects might be. In this way, the case helps students connect theoretical insights about monetary unions with real world knowledge and economic developments in the news. 2023 Level: leicht Croatia adopts the euro – Economy Studies Economy Studies Economy Studies How can we shape urban development towards sustainable and prosperous futures This course will explore sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy We place cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and climate change Sustainable urban transformation refers to structural transformation processes multi dimensional and radical change that … Level: leicht Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities Kes McCormick; Lena Neij; James Evans; Harriet Bulkeley Lund University Although sometimes used as synonyms, economic growth and economic development refer to different processes. While economic growth refers to an increase in real national income and output (i.e., GDP growth rate), economic development refers to an improvement in the quality of life and living standards (i.e., life expectancy). 2018 Level: leicht Could gender equality help the economy? Ximena Perez Pluralist Economics Fellowship Ernest Mandel, a heterodox Marxist economist, shows here how a political economist can analyse systems such as the Soviet Union. 1968 Level: mittel The Nature and Economy of the Soviet Union Ernest Mandel YouTube In this podcast, Professor Darrick Hamilton critically discusses how current neoliberal economic models uphold a systemically racially unjust structure of economies. 2020 Level: leicht EQUALS: Racism, Rebellions and the Economy Professor Darrick Hamilton EQUALS Richard Werner touches on a number of topics in this Odd Lots Podcast episode. As one of the pioneers when it comes to money and credit creation, he gives interesting insights into his early research on this topic. He then explains what he calls the “Quantity Theory of Credit” and is an alternative to the "Quantity Theory of Money". 2020 Level: mittel Japanification, Quantitative Easing, money creation and Re-Igniting the U.S. Economy Richard Werner, Joe Weisenthal & Tracy Alloway Odd Lots Podcast This video provides key insights into the functioning of Western sanctions imposed on Russia due to the current Ukrainian conflict. 2022 Level: leicht How The West Broke Russia's Economy Joeri Schasfoort Money & Macro 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 By the end of this course, students should understand the basic economic theories of the gender division of labor in the home and at the workplace, and theories of gender differences in compensation and workforce segregation. 2014 Level: leicht Economics of Gender (Woman in the U.S: Economy) Prof. Elaine McCrate University of Vermont Mainstream economics was founded on many strong assumptions. Institutions and politics were treated as irrelevant, government as exogenous, social norms as epiphenomena. As an initial gambit this was fine. But as the horizons of economic inquiry have broadened, these assumptions have becomehindrances rather than aids. 2003 Level: mittel Prelude to Political Economy Kaushik Basu Oxford University Press Diane Perrons and Sigrid Stagl combine feminist and critical environmental economics perspectives to develop a critique of the free market growth model and offer new ideas for a more sustainable gender equitable model of development in the interests of all. 2019 Level: mittel A Feminist Political Economy for an Inclusive and Sustainable Society Diane Perrons, Sigrid (Vienna University for Economics and Business) Stagl Agenda Publishing This book provides important insights into agrarian history and the economic and cultural meanings associated with land. 2019 Level: leicht The Cultural Economy of Land Suhita Sinha Roy Tulika Books This book is a collection of articles on topics and individuals within the history of heterodox economic thought, approached from a heterodox perspective. The principal topics are the nature and scope of economics as an intellectual venture. 1992 Level: mittel Essays in the History of Heterodox Political Economy Warren J. Samuels NYU Press Based on a clear conceptual framework and ten flexible building blocks this handbook offers refreshing ideas and practical suggestions to stimulate student engagement and critical thinking across a wide range of courses Drawing on decades of ideas on how to improve economics education and a growing number of available alternative … 2021 Level: leicht Economy Studies Sam de Muijnck and Joris Tieleman Amsterdam University Press The recent financial meltdown and the resulting global recession have rekindled debates regarding the nature of contemporary capitalism. 2013 Level: mittel A Political Economy of Contemporary Capitalism and its Crisis Sotiropoulos, Dimitris P.; Milios, John; Lapatsioras, Spyros Routledge This course is part of the SDG initiative addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, specifically for the following SDGs [1, 8, 10 and 16]. Level: leicht Political Economy of Institutions and Development Richard Thomas Griffiths Universiteit Leiden Steve Keen provides an alternative view on Macroeconomics before and after the crisis and outlines different macroeconomic fallacies. Level: mittel Advanced Political Economy Lectures Steve Keen University of Western Sydney At the 2013 Climate, Mind, & Behavior Symposium, Rebecca Adamson of First Peoples Worldwide illustrates alternative economic systems modeled after indigenous worldviews and the power they have in pushing us towards a more sustainable existence. 2013 Level: leicht Rebecca Adamson: Enoughness - Restoring Balance to the Economy Rebecca Adamson YouTube As the global economic landscape evolves, demographics shift, inequality expands, climate change gets worse and technology continues to advance at breakneck speed, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is struggling to stay relevant. 2021 Level: leicht Beyond GDP - Wellbeing Economy, Happiness Index and the postgrowth debate Anna Murphy , Dr. Fred K. Muhumuza Exploring Economics Course goals Learn about women men and work in the labor market and the household Learn to apply the tools of economic analysis to these topics and deepen understanding of these tools Develop the skills to think critically about gender issues including policy interventions Enhance understanding of how to analyze … 2016 Level: leicht Women in the Economy Professor Francine D. Blau International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) This MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) discusses Global Workers’ Rights and shows instruments and strategies which can be used to implement them. Level: leicht Workers' Rights in a Global Economy Paul Whitehead; Mark Anner; Mark Anner; Stefanie Lorenzen; Fernando Lopes; Michael Fichter; Frank Hoffer; Victor Hugo Ricco; Camilo Rubiano; Christoph Scherrer; Ben Scully; Beatriz Vacotto; Beatriz Vacotto Global Labour University This book analyzes the transition of chocolate from an exotic curiosity to an Atlantic commodity. It shows how local, inter-regional, and Atlantic markets interacted with one another and with imperial political economies. It explains how these interactions, intertwined with the resilience of local artisanal production, promoted the partial democratization of chocolate consumption as well as economic growth. 2020 Level: mittel Empire, Political Economy, and the Diffusion of Chocolate in the Atlantic World Irene Fattacciu Routledge Why are income inequalities so large and why do they continue to increase in so many countries? What role can minimum wages play in reducing social and economic inequalities? What is a good system of wage bargaining? What constitutes a fair wage? Level: leicht Fair Wage Strategies in a Global Economy Hansjörg Herr, Maité Llanos, Gilad Isaacs, Susan Hayter, Patrick Belser, Mary Bellman, Luis Campos, Frank Hoffer Global Labour University The Nawi Knowledge Portal is an open access repository that features for multi themed research outputs and knowledge products. They aim to amplify the work of African women working to demystify the space of macroeconomic policy from a Pan African feminist to the widest possible audience. 2023 Level: mittel NAWI Collective - A Pan African Feminist Political Economy Collective Diverse NAWI Collective Commons stand for a plurality of practices ‘beyond market and state’ as the famous Commons scholar – and first female noble prize winner of economics - Elinor Ostrom put it. Their practice and theory challenge classical economic theory and stand for a different mode of caring, producing and governing. Within this workshop we want to dive into theory, practice and utopia of Commons following four blocks... 2022 Level: leicht The Future of Commons Friederike Habermann & Simon Sutterlütti, Summer Academy 2022 for Pluralist Economics Institutional economics focuses on the role of social institutions in terms of laws or contracts, but also those of social norms and patterns of human behaviour that are connected to the social organisation of production, distribution and consumption in the economy. Institutionalist Economics