Ever wondered how a rap battle between John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek would sound like? 2010 Level: débutant Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek - The Original Economics Rap Battle! Emergent Order Emergent Order This content submission has two parts: (1) a link to the post by Wolf Richter on deterioration of US subprime credit card debt and loans, driven in part by the overuse of hedonic quality adjustments in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) used by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and (2) to introduce Exploring Economics to the website Naked Capitalism, which is an effort to promote critical thinking through the medium of a finance and economics blog and fearless commentary. 2019 Level: expert What’s Behind the Subprime Consumer Loan Implosion? Wolf Richter www.nakedcapitalism.com Économie de l’environnement, des ressources naturelles, du développement durable, green economics, sustainability science, bioéconomie, écodéveloppement : nombreux sont les disciplines et les concepts qui croisent considérations environnementales et économiques. On revient ici sur l’économie écologique, qui a réussi à investir le champ académique et à démultiplier les débats. 2012 Level: débutant Que peut-on apprendre de l’économie écologique ? Albert Merino-Saum & Philippe Roman La vie des idées Currency hierarchy and policy space: A research agenda for development economics Barbara Fritz 2017 Level: avancé Currency hierarchy and policy space Barbara Fritz FMM This article examines the spread of financialization in Germany before the financial crisis. It provides an up-to date overview on the literature on financialization and reviews which of the phenomena typically associated with financialization have emerged in Germany. In particular, the article aims to clarify how the prevailing institutional structure and its changes had contributed to or had countervailed the spread of financialization and how it had shaped the specific German variant of financialization. For this end, it combines the rich literature on Germany's institutional structure with the more macroeconomic oriented literature on financializaton. With the combination of those different perspectives the article sheds light on the reasons for the spread of financialization and the specific forms it has taken in Germany. 2019 Level: débutant Financialization made in Germany: A review Daniel Detzer Institute for International Political Economy Berlin The Money View Symposium was hosted by YSI on 5-7 February, 2021. The Symposium showcased the work of scholars and practitioners that make use of the so-called Money View, ranging from economists to lawyers, politicians and social scientists at large. The symposium aims to illuminate the main tenets of the Money View and to demonstrate its juxtaposition to the mainstream. 2021 Level: avancé Money View Symposium 2021 various Young Scholars Initiative In this webinar for the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance, Nobel Prize winner William Nordhaus explains the main problems regarding the economics of a low-carbon energy transition. 2020 Level: débutant Climate Compacts to Combat Free Riding in International Climate Agreements William Nordhaus Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance The Trialogue is a podcast about combining historic ideas of the high-culture of the Inca and modern problems. The three authors each put their own perspectives of the topic and show insights into their actual view of economics. 2020 Level: débutant Trialogue Of Taking Socialistic Hints From The Inca For A Better Modern Society Zaire Arradaza ( PUP, Philippines) Christian Brückner ( EHD, Germany) Giovanni Villavicencio (CIDE, Mexico) - The infographic focuses on women's hidden work that goes unrewarded due to the patriarchal setup and how it can be economically analysed. The article on which the infographic is based is written in an Indian context, although the phenomenon isn't confined to a single nation alone. 2013 Level: débutant Capitalism + Patriarchy = Women's Hidden Work   EPW Engage How can we get people to save more money eat healthy foods engage in healthy behaviors and make better choices in general There has been a lot written about the fact that human beings do not process information and make decisions in an optimal fashion This course builds on much … Level: débutant Behavioral Economics in Action Dilip Soman University of Toronto This course seeks to interpret capitalism using ideas from biological evolution. The lectures are foundational on neoclassical economics and economist, as well as their roles in the proliferation of capitalist ideology. However, it is less concerned with the ultimate judgment of capitalism than with the ways it can be shaped to fit more specific objectives. Level: avancé Capitalism: Success, Crisis, and Reform Prof. Douglas W. Rae Yale University This reports presents empirical findings of research conducted by Michelle Holder, assistant professor of economics at John Jay College, City University of New York, with regard to the impact of what she terms a "double gap"- gender wage gap and ethnic minority wage gap - on the U.S. labour market. 2020 Level: avancé The "Double Gap" and the Bottom Line: African American Women’s Wage Gap and Corporate Profits Michelle Holder Roosevelt Institute Professor David Harvey presents a complete visual representation of the flow of capital in all its forms. Similar to the Water Cycle diagrams, Harvey models the economics of production, consumption, human reproduction, labor, private business, and government redistribution. 2017 Level: avancé Visualizing Capital David Harvey School of Geography and the Environment In most economics classes we focus on the production and consumption of goods and services, but what happens to the product and its packaging after it’s consumed? Waste disposal is a crucial step in the production process and as the theme of this month’s World Environment Day is #BeatPlasticPollution, we use the example of plastic bottles. 2023 Level: débutant Production and Waste: Plastic Pollution – Economy Studies Economy Studies Economy Studies Game theory is the standard quantitative tool for analyzing the interactions of multiple decision makers. Its applications extend to economics, biology, engineering and even cyber security. Level: avancé Game Theory I - Static Games Justin Grana Santa Fe Institute Since 2007, central banks of industrialized countries have counteracted financial instability, recession, and deflationary risks with unprecedented monetary policy operations. While generally regarded as successful, these measures also led to an exceptional increase in the size of central bank balance sheets. The book first introduces the subject by explaining monetary policy operations in normal times, including the key instruments (open market operations, standing facilities, reserve requirements, and the collateral framework). 2014 Level: avancé Monetary Policy Operations and the Financial System Ulrich Bindseil Oxford University Press Our public services are in dire need of investment. But in the middle of a debate over competing spending plans, isn’t it also time to ask what we want our public services to actually do for us? That’s the view of group of economists and campaigners who are pushing for something called ‘Universal Basic Services’ – a radical expansion of high-quality public services for all to areas like transport, childcare and social care. 2019 Level: débutant Universal Basic Services Ayeisha Thomas-Smith, Anna Coote and Laurie Macfarlane New Economics Foundation Since their first emergence in the work of Paul David thirty years ago, the dual issues of Path Dependence and Lock-In have become critically important subjects in the fields of economics, sociology, and business strategy. 2014 Level: avancé Path Dependence and Lock-In Liebowitz, Stan J ; Margolis, Stephen E Edward Elgar Publishing There are three things one can do on this website - 1. Learn 2. Help Teach 3. Sign up for the MOOC. 2013 Level: débutant Econometrics Academy Ani Katchova Econometrics Academy 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: avancé Foundations of Development Policy: Advanced Development Economics Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Esther Duflo & Benjamin Olken Massachusetts Institute of Technology Microeconomics: A Critical Companion offers students a clear and concise exposition of mainstream microeconomics from a heterodox perspective. 2016 Level: débutant Microeconomics - A Critical Companion Ben Fine Pluto Press This course is an introduction to macroeconomics with a specific focus on the euro area. The theoretical part provides a critical presentation of the two key macroeconomic models: the (neo)classical approach and the Keynesian approach. This allows a comparative analysis of important macroeconomic topics: - unemployment - inflation - government debt and Modern Monetary Theory - banks and financial crises. The policy-oriented part discusses the monetary policy of the ECB and the specific challenges for fiscal policy in the euro area. The course also presents other euro area specific topics: Optimum currency area, euro crises, Next Generation EU and Green New Deal. 2018 Level: débutant European Macroeconomics Prof. Peter Bofinger University of Würzburg To explain the pronounced instability of the world economy since the 1970s, the book offers an important and systematic theoretical examination of money and finance. 1999 Level: avancé Political Economy of Money and Finance Costas Lapavitsas; Makoto Itoh Palgrave Macmillan Improving Decisions About Health Wealth and Happiness Now available Nudge The Final Edition The original edition of the multimillion copy New York Times bestseller by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics Richard H Thaler and Cass R Sunstein a revelatory look at how we make decisions for fans … 2009 Level: débutant Nudge Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein Penguin Publishing Group The book’s central theme is to develop a new theory of speculative capital related to other forms of capital, the world market, and the state. Unlike most marxist and heterodox theories, the book distinguishes credit and fictitious capital from speculative capital to show its hegemony today in the capital markets. 2022 Level: avancé Financial Capital in the 21st Century Achim Szepanski Springer Nature Whiteness is a process of learning: one is not born white, but becomes one. In this rich and compelling volume, Sriprakash, Rudolph and Gerrard offer a meticulous (and eye-opening) reading of educational experiences and structures that endorse systemic racism. 2022 Level: débutant Learning Whiteness Arathi Sriprakash, Sophie Rudolph, Jessica Gerrard Pluto Press A previously unpublished collection of Rodney's essays on Marxism, spanning his engagement with of Black Power, Ujamaa Villages, and the everyday people who put an end to a colonial era 2022 Level: débutant Decolonial Marxism Walter Rodney Verso Books 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 which suggests 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. 2011 Level: débutant Tax Havens - Investigating International Finance   New Economics Foundation 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: débutant Capital controls - Investigating International Finance, Episode 2   New Economics Foundation Snow removal, ambulance transport, and school performance -the film aims at illustrating the principles of gender mainstreaming through concrete examples. 2014 Level: débutant Sustainable Gender Equality - a film about gender mainstreaming in practice Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting YouTube - UN Women What is “equitable growth” and how do we measure it? A better understanding of equitable growth—and how to measure it—can improve our understanding, inform decisions and lead to better outcomes for all. 2017 Level: débutant Why current definitions of family income are misleading, and why this matters for measures of inequality Nancy Folbre Equitable Growth Blog This presentation looks at the basic idea of Marxism, specifically the conflict between the different classes in society. 2013 Level: débutant A Brief Introduction to Marxism The Curious Classroom YouTube