Doughnut Economics Video Club: four fab films on capitalism
The web is abuzz with great videos on rethinking economics – from 3 minute talking heads to 2 hour documentaries. So I’m launching a video club on this blog to share the best that I’ve…
The web is abuzz with great videos on rethinking economics – from 3 minute talking heads to 2 hour documentaries. So I’m launching a video club on this blog to share the best that I’ve…
The call for creating resilience is everywhere – from the financial system to the world food system. So what exactly is it, and how can we take inspiration from the resilient systems that are all…
What should economies be aimed at? For over half a century, the goal has been economic growth – but while the global economy has quadrupled in size since the 1970s, human deprivation persists, environmental degradation…
So here’s the last of three 10 minute videos giving an alternative introduction to economics – the alternative introduction I wish I’d had. Part 1 looked back at the origins of economics, and the framing influence…
Here’s part 2 of a 3 part video introduction to economics. Part 1 looked at the origins of economics. Now this section, Part 2, is a whirlwind tour through the many different branches of economic…
I remember well my first economics class: we dived straight in and learned to derive supply and demand curves. Then I became so immersed in trying to get my head around the different definitions of…
For all the high-powered roundtables that were held in Davos last week, here’s one roundtable that couldn’t be found there – but should have been. Imagine a company’s top executives sitting down around this table…
If you like trying to fit square pegs in round holes, you’ll love this little challenge. Can we (that’s humanity I’m talking about) figure out how to use Earth’s resources sustainably while ending poverty and…
The UK’s new Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, must be on a steep learning curve in deciding how to take forward the UK’s approach to tackling global poverty. Word has it that staff…
I recently ruined an economist’s morning lie-in, and for that much I am sorry. Over at aidthoughts.org, Matt Collin read my blogpost on vandalizing economics textbooks and he got very annoyed. Why? Because I shared…