Fresh thinking in economics
For immediate release Friday 4th October 2019 Mariana Mazzucato wins inaugural ‘Not the Nobel’ Prize for fresh thinking in economics Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, Mariana …
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Randall Wray is one of the pioneers of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), which challenges mainstream economic ideas about currency, debt, and inflation. MMT, according to Wray, offers a way out …
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Tom uses his background in cancer research to recast our economy as a human body, using startling metaphor that our economy is suffering from advanced cancer. Inspired by systems thinking, …
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Kate published Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist (2017) a best-selling counter-proposal to mainstream economic thinking that formulates conditions for a sustainable economy. She explains …
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In 2014, Jessica published ‘Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice’ based on 15 years of research. Building on the work of W. E. B. …
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Mariana’s work focuses on innovation, value, public sector and is influenced by the economist Joseph Schumpeter. Mariana’s 2013 book, ‘The Entrepreneurial State’, used detailed real-world research to show the central …
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She wrote a best-selling book on the ‘Brazilian Waltz’ / ‘Valsa Brasileira’ (2018), analysing the Brazilian economic and political crises of the past decade and proposing a new agenda of …
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Steve is the author of ‘Debunking Economics’ (2001), a trenchant critique of conventional, neoclassical economics such as the efficient market hypothesis, which shows how mainstream models dangerously distort understanding of …
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Nick Robins looks at why investors need to connect climate action with social justice. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), extra investment in clean energy could save the …
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