Jacobin Radio: economic policies for the corona crisis

This article introduces the series, “Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post- Independence History,'' from Post-Colonialisms Today. It explores the policies and thinking of African governments in the early post-independence period, and the lessons for today’s struggles for political and economic agency on the continent.

Maria Nikolaidi on how Minsky’s theory has been modelled over past decades and how one can use these models in order to analyse contemporary issues such as financial fragility and financial instability caused by climate change.

The lectures were given by Steve Keen at the Exploring Economics Summer Academy 2017 in the workshop on Post-Keynesian Economics. The first lectures start with the role of money in a monetary economy and explain the macroeconomic significance of admitting the reality that banks create money. The lectures continue with …

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a school of monetary and macroeconomic thought that focuses on the analysis of the monetary and credit system, and in particular on the question of credit creation by the state.

Was ist Deflation, was sind deren Ursachen und wirtschaftliche Folgen? Das Video „Deflation einfach erklärt“ liefert erste Erklärungen.

Departing from an analysis of women's employment and changing gender regimes in the pre crisis period, Jill Rubery illustrates how the crisis affects men's and women's employment differently. Afterwards, she discusses the crisis' impact on gender relations. Based on empirical findings, she shows how men were more affected by the recession and women more by austerity and presents possible explanations. Those are furthermore linked to women's employment decisions and prevalent gender regimes. In particular, Rubery discusses cut backs in public spendings on care, flexibilization and the role of conservative gender ideologies.