…and often provides more opportunities to develop leadership skills. In addition social sciences, economics and law are the most common fields of higher education study for African heads of states….
‘Economists know almost nothing about anything’. Yet another reason to love Thomas Piketty
…– succinct he ain’t. I’ve got to page 164): “To put it bluntly, the discipline of economics has yet to get over its childish passion for mathematics and for purely…
The new World Development Report (on mind, society and behavior): lots to like, but a big fail on power, politics and religion
…pretty seismic challenge to business/economics-as-usual: ‘Paying attention to how humans think (the processes of mind) and how history and context shape thinking (the influence of society) can improve the design…
Is blogging (or commenting on blogs) a guy thing? And if so, why?
…of the Nobel economics prize in 2009) • Blogs written by men (i.e. in this case me) get more male commenters for some reason – choice of topics, tone etc,…
'It’s the share of the rich, stupid': brilliant inequality stats + politics from Gabriel Palma
…and the ESRC to take a lead?), but there’s a longer version on the Cambridge economics website. Rather than just look at the single number of the Gini index to…
Why Degrowth has out-grown its own name. Guest post by Kate Raworth
My much-missed Exfam colleague Kate Raworth, now writing the book of her brilliant ‘Doughnut Economics’ paper and blog, returns to discuss degrowth. Tomorrow, Giorgos Kallis, the world’s leading academic on…
Can Oxfam do the Doughnut? A conversation with Kate Raworth
Kate Raworth came in last week to present her new book, Doughnut Economics (see my earlier review here or Simon Maxwell’s thoughtful summary/critique) and discuss its implications for Oxfam. After…
Why systems thinking changes everything for activists and reformers
…systems, I started to see complexity and unpredictable “emergent change” everywhere – in politics, economics, at work, and even in the lives of those around me. Crises as critical junctures…
Ha-Joon Chang’s new book: 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
…has gone from strength to strength, churning out the edited volumes and papers you’d expect from a Cambridge University economist, but also producing some increasingly successful popular books on economics….
How to be a Good Ancestor: Book Review
…economics (notably his partner Kate Raworth), politics or culture. These examples show that we are not entirely enslaved to our ‘marshmallow brains’, always grabbing the next sugar rush. Instead, we…
#PowerShifts Resources: Wellbeing and Development
…that these ideas don’t come from nowhere, but from a rich tradition of heterodox economics. You might have already heard of Kate Raworth’s ‘doughnut economics’ model, which looks to ensure…
The changing understanding of poverty; the latest on growth diagnostics – 2 new papers to read while you’re awaiting the US election result……
I was saddened to see that the wonderfully named Post Autistic Economics Review has presumably succumbed to political correctness in renaming itself the Real-World Economics Review, but the quality is…