…rules, systems and structures under which human societies are organised, and how they are (or are not) implemented. It affects all aspects of human society – politics, economics and business,…
Things to read or listen to on International Women’s Day
…Yuyada Can we Get Davos talking about the Care Economy and Feminist Economics? Caroline Sweetman on What’s special about feminist research? Njoki Njehu on inequality and African Feminism. Podcast +…
Latest high level broadside on inequality – “In It Together…” from the OECD
…a great job of mainstreaming a debate that until recently was primarily heard only at feminist economics conferences. Looking at how other types of horizontal inequality (ethnic, racial, etc.) affect…
How Buddhist Tax Accountants and Whistle Blowers can change the world
…A study for the New Economics Foundation from a few years ago calculated that for every £1 of value that a tax planner contributes to the UK economy, they take…
What are the politics of our survival as a species? Introducing the Climate Change Trilemma
…it all wrong, come along to hear Kate Raworth debate Doughnut Economics with LSE Economist Oriana Bandiera tomorrow (Thursday 23rd). I’ll be chairing, so will have to bite my tongue….
What’s the best way to manage information overload on development? My favourite synthesizers and other tips.
…her reading on Governance and Conflict. Despite being a sleep-deprived, first time Dad, Ranil Dissanayake serves up an eccentric weekly combo of sport, pop culture references and hardcore economics on…
Inequality and the future of Capitalism: in Conversation with Branko Milanovic
…the foreseeable future, I think inequality will remain an issue. Not only is it politically salient, but big data has had a huge impact on the social side of economics….
Why is migration a Cinderella issue in Development?
…in countries built on migration. Radioactive politics for campaigners: the gulf between politics and economics is probably wider on migration than any other issue. It’s always at the top of…
Dignity not Destitution: Oxfam Proposal for an ‘Economic Rescue Plan for All’
…the 2008 global financial crisis. In new analysis published by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Andy Sumner and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez of King’s College London…
Of Jousting Knights and Jewelled Swords: a feminist reflection on Davos
Nancy Folbre is a feminist economist and professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst What kind of an economic system delivers as much wealth to 8 men at…
Designing ‘Research for Impact’ still seems difficult for a lot of academics. Why?
…terms like ‘media don’, which is not meant as a compliment. I am delighted that my friend Ha-Joon Chang is now an economics professor at SOAS, but what on earth…
The Globalization Paradox, a great new book from Dani Rodrik
…foxes who know lots of small things, and the hedgehogs who know one big thing. Rodrik is a militant fox, and blames many of the failures of the economics profession…