✕
RETHINK
ECONOMICS
RETHINK
ECONOMICS
... and receive personalised notifications on
new pluralistic content directly into your inbox!

Dependency Theory & the Decolonization of Economics

Ingrid Kvangraven
Institute for New Economic Thinking, 2023
Level: beginner
Perspectives: Epistemologies of the south, Marxian Political Economy, Other
Topic: Criticism of Capitalism, Economic History, Globalization & International Economic Relations, Inequality & Class, North-South Relations & Development, Reflection of Economics
Format: Explainer Video
Duration: 00:14:20
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VahEg5M2ckA

Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven digs into the Eurocentric nature of economics and the role dependency theory could play in decolonizing it.

Comment from our editors:

This short video provides a useful overview of the history and different theoretical traditions of dependency theory. Ingrid Kvangraven explains the strength of dependency theory and why it is still useful as a research programme today. It is interesting to note that dependency theory is described as a reaction by economists in the Global South to the Eurocentric perspective of economics. Dependency theory emphasises the need to understand power dynamics and history in order to understand economic development today.

Go to: Dependency Theory & the Decolonization of Economics

This material has been suggested and edited by:

Hannah Kiefer
Tags: core | dependency | dependency theory | development | Global Inequalities | periphery
Ce court-métrage interroge l’état actuel de l’économie avec des petits jeus d’esprit. Et il encourage la réflexion en retraçant la manière dont s’est imposée la conception contemporaine de l’économie.
2018
Level: beginner
L’économie, c’est du care!
Author: Ina Praetorius (WiC - Wirtschaft ist Care) Producer: Hans Jörg Fehle Realisator: Sergio Herencias, Andreas Tanner and others
Wirtschaft ist Care
Western sanctions on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine quickly led the Ruble to lose more than 45 percent of its value. But these days, the Russian currency is back to its pre-war value. Cameron and Adam explain the turnaround and discuss what it means for the war.
2022
Level: beginner
How the Russian Ruble Bounced Back
Adam Tooze interviewed by Cameron Abadi
Foreign Policy
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: beginner
The Psychosocial Side of Poverty
Keetie Roelen
PS - Project Syndicate
Currency hierarchy and policy space: A research agenda for development economics Barbara Fritz
2017
Level: advanced
Currency hierarchy and policy space
Barbara Fritz
FMM
The need for the movement Black Lives Matter and the tragic events that preceded it are the clear manifestation of the problem of discrimination today, which we all intuitively perceive as a poignant socio-economic question of our times.
2021
Level: beginner
Economics of Discrimination - A CBD Perspective
Dr. Annie Tubadji, Prof. Jan Fidrmuc
Exploring Economics
The article is a formal response to the debate between the economists Diane Coyle and Howard Reed, whose articles were published online by Prospect magazine in 2018. Then, it was taken by Rethinking Economics as representative for the vision of the global network which advocates for changing economics curricula. In fact, it clearly solves some issues within the debate around pluralism by explaining its common misunderstandings among academics and its true - often mislead - meaning.
2018
Level: advanced
Deliberate Misunderstandings in Economics: What Pluralism Really Means
Leonardo Conte
Rethinking Economics

Donate

This project is brought to you by the Network for Pluralist Economics (Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik e.V.).  It is committed to diversity and independence and is dependent on donations from people like you. Regular or one-off donations would be greatly appreciated.

 

Donate