Another economics borne?

Report New York Meeting

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Additional tags: Beyond economics

‘There is another economics waiting be borne. It would take efficiency off the pedestal and stress the
importance of alternative measures’, Stephen Marglin, Harvard University. This is one of the quotes from the Beyond Economics Meeting in New York report.

On 29‐31 October 2009 academics, development practitioners and activists met in New York for the
launch of Development 52.3 ‘Beyond Economics’ and the policy seminar ‘Responding to the interlocked
financial, climate and care crises’. The discussion delved into these concerns by building on the journal
issue Development 52.3 ‘Beyond Economics’. The seminar focused on the critique of mainstream neoclassical economic thinking, visions for alternative forms of economies, as well as the new frameworks
for sustainable human development.