What is universal basic income? This video gives a first, short introduction. 2016 Level: beginner What is Universal Basic Income? Anthony Painter The RSA Due to the economic crisis of 2008/2009, households faced drastic decreases in their incomes, the availability of jobs. Additionally, the structure of the labour market changed, while austerity measures and public spending cuts left households with less support and safeguards provided by the state. How have these developments affected the burden of unpaid labour and what influence did this have on gender relations? 2017 Level: beginner The effect of austerity on unpaid work and gender relations in Europe Lotte Maaßen Exploring Economics In this essay the authors take a look at how welfare could be provided in a degrowth society. 2019 Level: beginner Bidding farewell to growth: How to provide welfare in a degrowth society Johanna Hopp and Laura Theuer Exploring Economics This Forum in the Boston Review deals with the role of economics in modern policymaking and presents a wide set of perspectives on the topic. The opening text by Suresh Naidu, Dani Rodrik and Gabriel Zucman aims to answer a range of common criticisms against the modern, neoclassical science of economics and its influence on public discussions. 2019 Level: beginner Economics After Neoliberalism Suresh Naidu, Dani Rodrik, Gabriel Zucman Boston Review As the current economic crisis spreads around the globe questions are being asked about what king of capitalist or post-capitalist economy will follow. There is increasing talk of the need for stringent economic regulation, the need to temper greed and individualism, to make the economy work for human and social development. 2009 Level: advanced The Social Economy Ash Amin Zed Books This book provides a comprehensive description of this intriguing new area of feminist economics. It includes discussion of what constitutes feminist economics and how feminist economics is different from other approaches 2020 Level: advanced Advanced Introduction to Feminist Economics Joyce P Jacobsen Edward Elgar Mainstream economics almost completely ignores the role power plays in determining economic outcomes, which means it can only provide partial explanations of the distribution of wealth and income, and of the problems associated with inequality and poverty. 2016 Level: advanced Power and Neoclassical Economics Ozanne, Adam Palgrave Pivot As a response to ongoing economic, social and environmental crises, many private actors have enlarged their definition of 'value' to include environmental and social elements. Such practices, however, appear incompatible with the current epistemological structure of academic financial discourse. 2016 Level: advanced Finance Reconsidered Bernard Paranque, Roland Perez Emerald Group Publishing