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)
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Making the Best of a Post-Pandemic World
“All three – greater government action, retreat from hyper-globalism, and lower growth rates – predate the pandemic. And while they could be viewed as posing significant dangers to human prosperity, it is also possible that they are harbingers of a more sustainable, more inclusive global economy.”, says economist Dani Rodrik.
Piketty on the Covid-19 Crisis: “It Is High Time to Use This Opportunity to Counter the Dominant Ideology and Significantly Reduce Inequality”
“In an interview with ProMarket, Thomas Piketty speaks about his new book Capital and Ideology, the role of ideology as a driver of inequality, and what the Covid-19 crisis teaches us about our present-day ‘inequality regime.'”
Covid-19 and the impact of Racial Capitalism in the Caribbean
““Racial capitalism” is a brutal socio-economic system. Regionally across the small islands nations and countries of the Caribbean the scars of this system are everywhere. […] The introduction and spread of deadly disease within the region via tourism and globalization can be read as one aspect of how racialised global capitalism facilitates the spread of Covid-19 from elsewhere to a region historically exploited and underdeveloped, and how different nations and populations will experience the social and economic fallout from Covid-19 in different and uneven ways.”
Capitalism’s Triple Crisis
“After the 2008 financial crisis, we learned the hard way what happens when governments flood the economy with unconditional liquidity, rather than laying the foundation for a sustainable and inclusive recovery. Now that an even more severe crisis is underway, we must not repeat the same mistake”, writes economist Mariana Mazzucato.
A New Capitalisn’t Episode, Featuring Paul Krugman
“On this episode, Kate and Luigi talk with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman about his new book Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future, why he thinks the US economy has failed the middle class, and how we can create a better economic future for our children.”
The “Invisibles” in the Pandemic
“The COVID-19 crisis leaves some people more vulnerable than others to the economic and social fallout. The G20 should create initiatives that reflect the inclusive foundations of the Marshall Plan rather than the inadequate bailouts of the Great Recession.”
