Galbraith gives an overview of economic history from the 18th century until the end of the 19th century covering issues such as the industrial revolution the enclosure of the Scottish highlands the Irish famine and the colonization of North America Additionally the ideas of economists such as Smith Ricardo Malthus … Level: leicht The Age of Uncertainty Episode 1 - The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism John Kenneth Galbraith BBC, CBC, KCET and OECA Professor Jennifer Clapp explains the dynamics of financialization of land and agricultural commodities in Subsaharan Africa. She points to the historical roots of accelerated land speculation and their connection to financial institutions, both generating and reinforcing the process of financialization of African land. Besides talking about roots and dynamics of speculation with land on financial markets, she puts the perspective of scholarly investigation onto the investor's side in discussing guidelines of responsible investment and regulation in the front instead of focussing on the receiving countries. 2013 Level: leicht Land and Financialization: Role of International Financial Actors in Land Deals in Africa Jennifer Clapp The North-South Institute The course will teach students to analyze the goals, implementation, and outcomes of economic policy. 2019 Level: mittel Advanced Economic Policy Alyssa Schneebaum Vienna University of Economics and Business This short video visualizes the destabilizing effects financial markets can have on food prices, based on a paper by Jayati Ghosh. It introduces and explains the idea of future contracts and how those are used to speculate with basic food stuffs. After establishing the concepts, the video sketches out how the increase in those practices resulted in a substantial rise and later collapse of food prices around 2008 with severe consequences for many developing countries and their people. 2021 Level: leicht Food and Finance Jezri Krinsky blobMetropolis 'Impressive... provides a very good compendium of what are usually classified as "heterodox" development economics... an excellent volume.' Journal of International Development This important new collection tackles the failure of neoliberal reform to generate longterm growth and reduce poverty in many developing and transition economies. 2003 Level: mittel Rethinking Development Economics Ha-Joon Chang Anthem Press Despite the Doha declaration of November 2001, the failure to start a new round of global trade negotiations at Seattle in December 1999 and the hostility of protesters to the trade liberalization process and growing global economic and social disparities was a wake-up call for the World Trade Organisation (WTO). 2002 Level: mittel The WTO, Agriculture and Sustainable Development Heinrich Wohlmeyer, Theodor Quendler Greenleaf Popular anger against the financial system has never been higher, yet the practical workings of the system remain opaque to many people. The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance aims to bridge the gap between protest slogans and practical proposals for reform. 2013 Level: mittel The Heretics Guide to Global Finance Brett Scott Pluto Press In dem Vortrag von Ehrenfried Galander mit anschließender Fragerunde wird die Frage behandelt, inwieweit es im Werk von Karl Marx eine systematische Behandlung ökologischer Fragen gibt. Galander, der an der Herausgabe der Marx-Engels Gesamtausgabe (MEGA) beteiligt ist, beantwortet diese Frage mit einem klaren Ja. 2022 Level: leicht Marx und Ökologie Ehrenfried Galander Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Thüringen In this teaching pack, we take a look at satellite crop monitoring and how it is used for both real and financial economic activities. By looking at commodity futures, we give students a sense of what financialization can mean. In the active exercise students learn to discuss these matters and reflect upon them. 2022 Level: leicht Space & Agriculture Economy Studies Economy Studies In dem Buch beschäftigt sich Hannah Heller anhand der Ernährungswirtschaft mit der Frage, inwiefern unterschiedliche Narrative die Transformation der Wirtschaft prägen und verbindet dabei Erzähltheorie mit Transformationsforschung. 2024 Level: mittel Narrative der sozial-ökologischen Transformation der Wirtschaft am Beispiel der Ernährungswirtschaft Hannah Heller Metropolis Verlag