Online Courses
- Revolutionary Ideas: Utility, Justice, Equality, Freedom (Rutgers University)
- Economic Growth and Distributive Justice, Part I – The Role of the State (Tel Aviv University)
- Economic Growth and Distributive Justice, Part II – Maximize Social Well-being (Tel Aviv University)
- [Economic] Inequality & Democracy (Utrecht University)
- Challenging Wealth & Income Inequality (UK Open University)
In the video slider the trailers for course 2 and 3.
Books
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Articles & Blogs
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Perspectives and Elections – Towards a Future-Proof and Valuable Society
With its recently published manifesto, Springtij wants to give a significant push to the shift towards a future-proof Netherlands. It is a political manifesto that is meant to be apolitical; Springtij points to ideas “that transcend party political positions. Ideas and solutions that do not divide society but strengthen it.” The Springtij manifesto is built around four ‘environments’: living & working environment, agricultural & natural environment, industrial environment, and great waters & sea. The changes described in the manifesto require a number of economic and social changes. A viewpoint submitted to the Future Market Consultation.
How Business Schools Can Help Corporate America Fight Racism
“Fighting anti-Black racism in the corporate world needs to be done in partnership with academia. After all, business schools in particular play a critical role in shaping the next generation of leaders, and Black representation (or lack thereof) in materials and faculty has an impact on not only who leads businesses but also how they lead. The authors lay out three areas.”
COVID-19, Technology, and Surveillance Capitalism
“During the COVID-19 pandemic, shopping, entertainment, and communication have moved online, and tech firms’ share prices have soared. In the latest installment of CoronaNomics, PS contributor J. Bradford DeLong and NYU professor Scott Galloway join The Independent’s Ben Chu and The Telegraph’s Lizzy Burden to discuss whether we are entering an era of higher productivity, or one of surveillance capitalism, monopoly power, and spiraling inequality.”
Globalization Needs Rebuilding, Not Just Repair
“If US President Donald Trump is defeated on November 3, there will be no lack of eagerness to erase his international economic legacy. Policymakers should focus on taking care of global public goods, containing the weaponization of economic relations, and making the international system fairer”, writes Jean Pisani-Ferry.
Aligning Economies Worldwide to End Poverty – Recording Live Cast Now Available
The recording of our live cast on aligning economies worldwide to end poverty (26 October) with economists Jeffrey Sachs and Muhammad Yunus is is now available. The interview with Sachs and the interview with Yunus, part of the episode, are also available as separate videos.
Will the Poor Always Be Among Us?
Every episode of the online dialogues between visionary economists, organized as part of the Consultation, starts off with a personal reflection by one of the members of the Consultation’s Think Tank of Young Economists. This is the reflection of Eefje de Gelder at the start of the dialogue ‘Aligning Economies Worldwide to End Poverty‘ (26 October).
