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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 …
Randall Wray – ‘for developing a new theory of money’ Read More
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, …
Tom Rippin- ‘for creating a community of social entrepreneurs working towards a healthy economy’ Read More
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 …
Kate Raworth – ‘for developing doughnut economics which balances essential human needs and planetary boundaries’ Read More
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. …
Jessica Gordon Nembhard – ‘for pioneering research into the role of cooperatives in economics’ Read More
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 …
Mariana Mazzucato – ‘for reimagining the role of the state and value in economics’ Read More
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 …
Laura Carvalho – ‘for bringing economic debates to the people’ Read More
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 …
Steve Keen – ‘for predicting the global financial crisis and improving financial models’ Read More
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 …
Financing a just transition Read More