Ecological Economics

Ecological Economics
Joan Martinez Alier
Extraenvironmentalist, 2012
Level: beginner
Perspective: Ecological Economics
Topic: (De-)growth, Crises, Money & Debt, Resources, Environment & Climate
Format: Interview
Duration: 00:18:52
Link: https://vimeo.com/42799330
Economist and 2020 Balzan Prize winner for Environmental Challenges: Responses from the Social Sciences and Humanities, Joan Martínez Alier, speaks on the importance of ecological economic and its timeliness around the 2007/2008 global financial crisis. He speaks on the importance of building the field of ecological economics “from the ground up” through praxis and as a social movement. He draws attention to the "real real economy of energy and materials" which is sidelined in economics by discussions of growth, debt and GDP. In 1987 he co-founded the International Society for Ecological Economics.

 

 

Comment from our editors:

This video is constitutes a great description of the scope of ecological economics. In a few minutes, Martínez Alier is able to gracefully lay down the foundations of this perspective and draw connections to grass-roots activism, degrowth, the real economy and financial instability, among others. Interesting are also his thoughts on the state of education in economics, pointing out that ecological economics finds more support among natural sciences students than economics students themselves. 

Go to: Ecological Economics

Tags: degrowth | ecology | financial crisis | GDP | growth | social movements
A stock-flow-fund ecological macroeconomic model
2020
Level: expert
DEFINE - A stock-flow-fund ecological macroeconomic model
Yannis Dafermos, Giorgos Galanis & Maria Nikolaidi
DEFINE
In the second video of the series Investigating International Finance, an alternative view on capital controls is given contrasting with the paradigm of classical trade theory suggesting that the removal of trade and capital barriers is associated with higher market efficiency. After explaining the conceptual mechanisms underlying capital controls, examples are introduced where countries actually apply capital controls and how these controls have been associated with a lesser exposure to international financial crises spillovers.
2012
Level: beginner
Capital controls - Investigating International Finance, Episode 2
 
New Economics Foundation
This is an overview of (possibly transformative) proposals to address the economic consequences of the corona crisis
2020
Level: beginner
Overview of proposals to combat the economic consequences of the Corona crisis
Hannes Böhm, Anne Löscher & Jorim Gerrard
Exploring Economics
How should we discuss welfare when understanding the role of growth and the viability of Growth-led development? One option is to look at subjective happiness. This provides an anti-materialistic view which may superficially appear more compatible with significant reductions in consumption in order to remain within safe ecological limits.
2021
Level: beginner
Degrowth, Happiness and and wellbeing
Jezri Krinsky
blobMetropolis
Im Vortrag „Finanzkapitalismus in der Krise? Das Verhältnis von Finanzialisierung und Euro", präsentiert Christoph Scherrer eine übersichtliche Genese der Finanzialisierung, mit besonderem Augenmerk auf der Rolle des Einheitlichen Währungsraumes. Der Vortrag ermöglicht dabei ein Verständnis zentraler Begriffe wie Finanzialisierung oder Finanzkapitalismus sowie der Rolle von beispielsweise Deregulierungen. Zudem stellt Scherrer die Frage, ob Finanzialisierung begrenzt werden kann und präsentiert Hürden möglicher Reformen, unter anderem Hegenomie und Globalisierung.
2015
Level: advanced
Finanzkapitalismus in der Krise?
Christoph Scherrer
Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik

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