Draw me the economy gives a short introduction in the measurement of the Gross Domestic Product and Purchasing Power Parity and comments on what needs to be taken into consideration when comparing countries and mentions some shortcomings of GDP as criterion of wealth. 2016 Level: początkujący What is gross domestic product?   Draw Me The Economy The economist Thomas Piketty presents a central argument of his book Capital in the Twenty-First century: if the rate of return to capital generally exceeds an economy's growth rate, this leads to a higher concentration of wealth in the long run. He furthermore shows with historical data how wealth and income inequality increased within the past decades. 2014 Level: zaawansowane New thoughts on capital in the twenty-first century Thomas Piketty TED Talks Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st century is presented and the central argument that capital returns have historically exceeded growth rates, thus exacerbating inequality is illustrated. 2015 Level: początkujący An Introduction to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century- A Macat Economics Analysis   Macat In the inspiring interview on Economics of Care, Nancy Foblre takes a closer look to the consequences of the marketization of caring activities on those activities and on the societal organization of care. Folbre elaborates on how to value care and how this shifts the perspectives on living standards. She points to the fact, that caring activities are undervalued both in the market sphere and within the family and thereby questions the division between those spheres. Lastly, Folbre answers the question how to reteach Economics when accounting for caring activities. 2016 Level: początkujący The Economics of Care Nancy Folbre INET How did economic growth become paramount as the public policy objective? Peter Victor discusses the role of growth within institutions, asks if it is possible to imagine a degrowth economy and discusses the role of grass-root movements. 2012 Level: początkujący Ecological Economics Peter Victor Extraenvironmentalist This is an introductory lecture to Stock Flow Consistent SFC modelling Antoine Godin presents this family of macroeconomic models which is based on a rigorous accounting framework and guarantees a correct and comprehensive integration of all the flows and the stocks of an economy SFC models focus especially on interactions … 2015 Level: zaawansowane Post Keynesian Stock-Flow consistent Modelling Antoine Godin IMK James Robinson gives in this talk a short introduction into the theory and ideas of his popular book "Why Nations Fail" which was published together with D. Acemoglu in 2012. With many real-life examples he gives a lively description on the fundamentals for economic success from an institutionalist view. According to Robinson, the nature of institutions is a crucial factor for economic success. Whether institutions are inclusive (such as in prosperous economies) or extractive (poor economies) stems from the nation's political process and the distribution of political power. 2014 Level: początkujący Why Nations Fail James Robinson TEDx Talks In her short contribution, the author questions how the value of goods and services is shaped in current neoclassical teaching. She criticizes the principle of pricing based on marginal income. She discusses what can be called wealth generating, what kind of wealth we need and points out a lack of a value theory. 2018 Level: zaawansowane Takers and Makers: Who are the Real Value Creators? Mariana Mazzucato Evonomics Public lectures on some Traditional Economic Solutions to poverty in Nigeria, specifically the Igbo Apprentice System, Yoruba Ajo Thrift Savings, and Hausa Integral Communalism. 2021 Level: ekspert Traditional Wealth Creation Schemes in Nigeria Dr Sam Amadi, Dr Oyewale Ayodele, Barr Sam Hart Rethinking Economics The Uploaders (RETU) From religious leaders to heads of state, everyone is talking about economic inequality. What form can such inequality take in different countries? What impact does it have on society? And why should it matter to you? Level: początkujący Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality Jerome De Henau; Jonqil Lowe Open University This book challenges the mainstream paradigm, based on the inter-temporal optimisation of welfare by individual agents. It introduces a methodology for studying how institutions create flows of income, expenditure and production together with stocks of assets and liabilities, thereby determining how whole economies evolve through time. 2012 Level: zaawansowane Monetary Economics W. Godley, M. Lavoie Palgrave Macmillan UK Within the heterodox field one of the most active topics is related to the theory of economic growth and distribution This is a textbook for advance undergraduate and graduate students Throughout its 18 chapters Classical Neoclassical and post Keynesian models are developed Each chapter contains study problems and suggested readings … 2019 Level: ekspert Growth and Distribution Duncan K. Foley, Thomas R. Michl, Daniele Tavani Harvard University Press Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. 2012 Level: zaawansowane Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson Crown In recent years issues surrounding tax evasion and avoidance have gotten more attention in public debates and policy making around the world. It poses key questions about how we want to (re)organise our economies, what the rules of the game are, and who benefits from them. Any good economist today should have a basic understanding of this issue as it has implications for public finance and inequality, but market competition and macroeconomic statistics. 2022 Level: początkujący An introduction into (not) taxing wealth and profits – Economy Studies   Economy Studies Finance. Climate. Food. Work. How are the crises of the twenty-first century connected?In "Capitalism in the Web of Life", Jason W. Moore argues that the sources of today's global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature, including human nature. 2015 Level: zaawansowane Capitalism in the Web of Life Jason W. Moore Verso