Lukas Zeise gives an overview of economic and financial crises in the past decades (since 80s). He explains how policies and which kinds of policy were used to mitigate the crises, but also how the emergence of the crises was influenced by these policies. Furthermore, he introduces past attempts of financial market regulation and argues why present policies have not been effective and which further regulatory measures should be implemented in order to overcome financial instability and to avoid future crises. 2013 Level: leicht Regulierung der Finanzmärkte Lukas Zeise Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik e.V. Verkehrte Welt in Sachen Fiskalpolitik Offener Mainstream und dogmatische Heterodoxie in Standardlehrbüchern der Volkswirtschaftslehre Achim Truger Quelle van Treeck Till and Janina Urban Wirtschaft neu denken Blinde Flecken in der Lehrbuchökonomie iRights Media 2016 Das Buch kann hier bestellt werden http irights media de publikationen wirtschaft neu denken Rezensierte Bücher … 2016 Level: leicht Verkehrte Welt in Sachen Fiskalpolitik? Offener Mainstream und dogmatische „Heterodoxie“ in Standardlehrbüchern der Volkswirtschaftslehre Achim Truger Wirtschaft neu denken: Blinde Flecken in der Lehrbuchökonomie How did economic growth become paramount as the public policy objective? Peter Victor discusses the role of growth within institutions, asks if it is possible to imagine a degrowth economy and discusses the role of grass-root movements. 2012 Level: leicht Ecological Economics Peter Victor Extraenvironmentalist This article explores if power dynamics in the household can be changed, and if so, how. In this context the focus is laid on government childcare policy and its various channels of possible influence. Level: leicht How can childcare policy affect intra-household power dynamics? Francesca Sanders and Nina Schubert Exploring Economics Steve Horwitz, professor of economics at St. Lawrence University, gives a concise account of Austrian approach and talks about how it relates to the various current public policy issues. 2013 Level: leicht The Austrian school of economics Steve Horwitz YouTube Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and Feminist Economics make a conjoint statement: The way we see the economic system has nothing to do with human beings nor those who have been surviving outside the market. 2015 Level: leicht Decolonial Feminist Economics: A Necessary View for Strengthening Social and Popular Economy Viewpoint Magazine Medium The podcast explores the psychosocial implications of poverty in the society. Keetie Roelen investigates how the emotion of shame and policy-making are intertwined. 2017 Level: leicht The Psychosocial Side of Poverty Keetie Roelen PS - Project Syndicate What is game theory? Game theory is a way of thinking about strategic interactions between people, which makes it a crucial component of economics, political science, international relations, psychology and a variety of other disciplines that deal with the complexities of human interaction in decision making. 2018 Level: leicht An Introduction to Game Theory in Public Policy Giovanna Chaves Pluralist Economics Fellowship In this essay the author elaborates on the EU's perspective on the fast growing sector of the platform economy. 2019 Level: leicht Sharing is Caring? On the EU- Narrative on Platform Economy Laura Porak Exploring Economics How does fiscal policy work and which dimensions have to be considered? In this short text, you can learn about the difficulty of juggling different dimensions and which optimal rules exist at the micro and macro level. 2019 Level: leicht Why is fiscal policy so difficult?   Dezernat Zukunft Der Umbau zu einer nachhaltigen, CO2-armen und solidarischen Ökonomie erfordert besonders in der Transformationsphase massive Investitionen sowohl in Institutionen und Infrastrukturen, die ein sozial gerechtes Leben für alle ermöglichen (ökologische Landwirtschaft, dezentrale erneuerbare Energien, ökologisches Wohnen, kollektive Mobilität etc.) als auch in Projekte zur Anpassung an und Entschärfung von Klimawandel und ökologischen Zerstörungen sowie finanzielle Transfers vom globalen Norden in den globalen Süden, die aus der historisch angehäuften Klimaschuld folgen. 2020 Level: leicht Revolutionäre Realpolitik jenseits des Wachstums Matthias Schmelzer und Andrea Vetter Economists for Future Die scheinbare Eindeutigkeit der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Analyse von Maßnahmen gaukelt eine Berechenbarkeit vor, die nichts mit der Realität zu tun hat. Vielmehr braucht es gerade in der Klimapolitik einen Ansatz, der flexibel reagieren kann und gleichzeitig die Entwicklung neuer innovativer Lösungen befördert: das sogenannte agile Politikdesign. 2019 Level: leicht Warum wir eine agile Klimapolitik brauchen Jonathan Barth & Jakob Hafele Economists for Future Here we look at the effect of the 2008 Climate Change Act passed in Parliament in the United Kingdom as an effort to curb emissions in all sectors. The Act aside from setting goals to become a low-carbon economy sets up an independent committee on Climate Change to ensure the implementation of policies to comply with the ultimate goal of 80% reduction in total emissions in 2050. I make use of the Synthetic Control Method (SCM) to create a comparative case study in which the creation of a synthetic UK serves as a counterfactual where the treatment never occurred (Cunningham, 2018). 2020 Level: leicht Synthetic Control Method for Estimating the Effect of the Climate Change Act of 2008 in Britain Aaron Morales Shildrick Pluralist Economics Fellowship The likely global impacts of the economic fallout from the Coronavirus and how we might be better prepared than the 2008 economic crisis to put forward progressive solutions. 2020 Level: leicht The coming global recession: building an internationalist response   Transnational Institute In dieser vierteiligen Erklär-Artikelserie behandelt Sebastian Gerchert den Fiskalmultiplikator. Diese ökonomische Kennzahl wird seit langer Zeit kontrovers diskuttiert. 2020 Level: leicht Der Fiskalmultiplikator Sebastian Gerchert Dezernat Zukunft Exploring Economics, an open-source e-learning platform, giving you the opportunity to discover & study a variety of economic theories, topics, and methods. 2017 Level: mittel Wirtschaftspolitischer Diskurs ohne Alternativen: Zur Notwendigkeit einer pluralen Ökonomik Arne Heise Zentrum für Ökonomische und Soziologische Studien, Universität Hamburg 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 Level: leicht Sustainable Prosperity   ZOE Dr Murieann Quigley (Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Ethics and Law, University of Bristol) discusses the ethics of nudging and whether it matters that third parties construct the context in which you make your decisions. 2016 Level: leicht The Ethics of Nudging Dr Murieann Quigley TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities Das interaktive Online-Lehrbuch stellt grundlegende makroökonomische Konzepte auf Bachelor-Niveau dar. In den interaktiven Abbildungen können Parameter und Variablen einzelner Modellelemente verändert werden und in einer Reihe interaktiver Szenarien übernehmen die Nutzer*innen die Kontrolle über verschiedene wirtschaftspolitischen Instrumente. 2020 Level: mittel Einführung in die Makroökonomik: plural und interaktiv Franz Prante, Alessandro Bramucci, Eckhard Hein und Achim Truger Institute for International Political Economy Berlin der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht In a changing world that has been shaken by economic, social, financial, and ecological crises, it becomes increasingly clear that new approaches to economics are needed for both theoretical and empirical research; for applied economics as well as policy advice. 2018 Level: mittel Policy Implications of Recent Advances in Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Claudius Grabner, Torsten Heinrich, Henning Schwardt Routledge One of the most authoritative authors on the intellectual heritage of John Maynard Keynes, Robert Skidelsky draws a sketch of the great man's economic thinking both accessible and insightful. 2010 Level: leicht Keynes: A Very Short Introduction Robert Skidelsky Oxford University Press This edited volume put together by Jimi Adesina based on the proceedings of the Social Policy in African Conference in 2017 provides an overview of social policy in varied country contexts and fields especially in light of decades of the reduction in size and hollowing out of the content of … 2021 Level: mittel Social Policy in the African Context Jimi O. Adesina African Books Collective In this course you will study the different facets of human development in topics such as education health gender the family land relations risk informal and formal norms public policy and institutions While studying each of these topics we will delve into the following questions What determines the decisions of … Level: mittel Foundations of Development Policy: Advanced Development Economics Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Esther Duflo & Benjamin Olken Massachusetts Institute of Technology International Economics, 15e continues to combine rigorous economic analysis with attention to the issues of economic policy that are alive and important today in this field. 2011 Level: mittel International Economics Pugel, Thomas A. McGraw Hill Book Co What are the challenges and opportunities for achieving decent work in global supply chains How do transnational corporations and their global supply chains operate How can they be more effectively governed Mark Anner Esther Busser Michael Fichter Tandiwe Gross Frank Hoffer Jenny Holdcroft Praveen Jha Maité Llanos Adam Lee Victor … Level: leicht Decent Work in Global Supply Chains Mark Anner, Esther Busser, Michael Fichter, Tandiwe Gross, Frank Hoffer, Jenny Holdcroft, Praveen Jha, Maité Llanos, Adam Lee, Victor Hugo Ricco, Christoph Scherrer Iversity Explore the pressing topic of globalisation and how it affects economics, politics and society with this online course. Level: leicht International Affairs: Globalisation Richard Baldwin Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva