Wohlstand in planetaren Grenzen

Quelles sont les opportunités et quels sont les risques des accords commerciaux de nouvelle génération négociés actuellement par l'UE (CETA avec le Canada, JEFTA avec le Japon,...) ? Cécilia Bellora, économiste et ingénieure agronome, CEPII Karine Jacquemart, directrice générale, Foodwatch (sous réserve) Charles de Marcilly, responsable du bureau de Bruxelles, Fondation Robert Schuman Katheline Schubert, professeure d’économie, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne - PSE Modération : Dominique Rousset, journaliste à France culture

Professor Jennifer Clapp explains the dynamics of financialization of land and agricultural commodities in Subsaharan Africa. She points to the historical roots of accelerated land speculation and their connection to financial institutions, both generating and reinforcing the process of financialization of African land. Besides talking about roots and dynamics of speculation with land on financial markets, she puts the perspective of scholarly investigation onto the investor's side in discussing guidelines of responsible investment and regulation in the front instead of focussing on the receiving countries.

In this class we will explore how globalization shapes and is shaped by gender norms with a particular focus on questions related to ‘work,’ mobility and well-being.

This essay deals with the concepts of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) and Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN).

Tom Palley provides a very clear and insightful description of the post-Keynesian school of economics by tracing back its connections to the different historical schools of thought.