Keyword: economics
Responding to the crisis: beyond economics
In the midst of the global financial crisis, what course should economics and development policies take? At the launch of the latest issue of Development (Vol 52 no3) on 29 October at the Church Centre, New York, Stephen Marglin, Professor of Economics at Harvard University, will be dissembling the current culture of economics. He will be joined by leading development thinkers such as David Korten, author of Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth, and key policy leaders...› read more...
Date: 29 October until 31 October 2009
Date: 29 October until 31 October 2009
After the crisis: the need for a new monetary system
As part of the ongoing discussion on Beyond Economics Development Vol 52 no 3 leading up to the journal launches in New York (29 October 2009) and The Hague (11 December 2009), Assistant Editor Laura Fano interviewed James Robertson, an independent writer and activist on economic alternatives (www.jamesrobertson.com). In 1984 he co-founded the New Economics Foundation (NEF) in London. His latest book is The History of Money: From Its Origins to Our Time.
A way out of the crisis: Radical Ecological Democracy
In the continuing discussions around Beyond Economics Development Vol 52 no 3 Assistant Editor Laura Fano interviewed Ashish Kothari, founding member of the Indian environmental group Kalpavriksh (www.kalpavriksh.org) and former co-chair of the IUCN Strategic Direction on Governance, Equity and Livelihoods in Relation to Protected Areas.
Inclusive economy with a social agenda
This brief report looks at the key issues raised during the intergenerational debate in The Hague on how to place people at the centre of economics. The meeting focused on how to establish collective responsibility for sustainable livelihoods in wake of the crises. Building on an nalysis of the crises by keynote speaker Rick van der Ploeg the panel and the audience sketched out how to resituate themarket within society and how its regulation can be better placed in the hands of citizens. The...
Inclusive economy with a social agenda
This brief report looks at the key issues raised during the intergenerational debate in The Hague on how to place people at the centre of economics. The meeting focused on how to establish collective responsibility for sustainable livelihoods in wake of the crises. Building on an nalysis of the crises by keynote speaker Rick van der Ploeg the panel and the audience sketched out how to resituate themarket within society and how its regulation can be better placed in the hands of citizens. The...
Final Report of ‘Beyond Economics’
The final report of the three launches of Development 52.3 ‘Beyond Economics’ is now available. In 2009‐2010 the Society for International Development (SID), in partnership with the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (Hivos), responded to the financial crisis through a special issue of the SID journal Development on ‘Beyond Economics’, and three consecutive launches on three continents. The conversations focused on the critique of mainstream neo‐classical economic th...
Final Report of ‘Beyond Economics’
The final report of the three launches of Development 52.3 ‘Beyond Economics’ is now available. In 2009‐2010 the Society for International Development (SID), in partnership with the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (Hivos), responded to the financial crisis through a special issue of the SID journal Development on ‘Beyond Economics’, and three consecutive launches on three continents. The conversations focused on the critique of mainstream neo‐classical economic th...
Final Report of ‘Beyond Economics’
The final report of the three launches of Development 52.3 ‘Beyond Economics’ is now available. In 2009‐2010 the Society for International Development (SID), in partnership with the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (Hivos), responded to the financial crisis through a special issue of the SID journal Development on ‘Beyond Economics’, and three consecutive launches on three continents. The conversations focused on the critique of mainstream neo‐classical economic th...