Age of Economics

In the Fall of 2020 we started a web-based project to initiate a fundamental discussion about economics and capitalism, and the existential and other challenges facing modern globalized society and whether the capitalist order is part of the solution. 🧵

After a break we continue, deepen and widen the Age of Economics project - to gain diverse perspectives on the threats facing global capitalist civilization on a planetary scale. Our first interview features Jeffrey Sachs. Here is a first trailer, full interview comes out soon.

"Economics, let’s admit it, can be dangerous. Karl Polanyi called classical economics ‘the most formidable conceptual instrument of destruction’." youtu.be/BSfAx8T_BJs #ageofeconomics #docuseries #economy

Does economics explain Capitalism? How would you define Capitalism? youtu.be/Cy0jJHG0flY #ageofeconomics #docuseries #economics #capitalism

"Markets and market exchange and very complex market societies have existed for thousands of years. The Romans had mortgage markets. The French, at the time of the revolution, and the era of paper money, had derivatives floating around." youtu.be/nGB7OQtc47s #ageofeconomics

In which economic developments feature prominently in our lives and economists have major influence over a wide range of policy and people – should economists be held accountable for their advice? youtu.be/vgmQzIBMlgc #ageofeconomics #docuseries #economy

"It’s not just the economist who provides the advice that matters. It’s also the policy makers, the lobbyist, the public, the public, you know, who should scrutinise what they listen to." -Ludger Schuknecht youtu.be/bbN6gdrKhHM #ageofeconomics #docuseries #economy

"It is primarily about the prioritization of allocation of scarce resources in order to meet the material wants." youtu.be/urSsJWimEVU #ageofeconomics #docuseries #economy

What are the differences between economic science and economic engineering?youtu.be/a6JhZ44oZwE @aoteh @kirmanalan @rym_ayadi @ChomskyDotInfo @LudgerSchuknec1 @PennyMealy #ageofeconomics #economicsandcapitalism #interview

"I think that modern technology, by requiring many different people who know about different things collaborating, puts a greater accent on collaboration." youtu.be/RxdtUeQt418 @ricardo_hausman #ageofeconomics #economicsandcapitalism #interview

"So we are in a position where we face a global threat and economics hasn’t been able to prepare us for that threat." youtu.be/6YFeDNvD-Sk @AnnPettifor #ageofeconomics #economicsandcapitalism #interview

Thitinan Pongsudhirak for Age of Economics - Full interview youtu.be/rKG92O0Mhwo @ThitinanP #ageofeconomics #economicsandcapitalism #interview

Hannah Ryder for Age of Economics - Full interview youtu.be/3oVhL6-zca8 @hmryder @DevReimagined @CSISAfrica #ageofeconomics #economicsandcapitalism #interview

Rym Ayadi for Age of Economics - Full interview youtu.be/xXT5_1Uk8g4 @rym_ayadi @EMEAorg @EMNESorg @BayesBSchool @CBR_Bayes @EBA_News @CEPS_thinktank #ageofeconomics #economicsandcapitalism #interview

Why does economics matter? youtu.be/qS_RT9GI8Ic @RebeccaReCap @yavlinsky @shoshanazuboff @barryclynn @ClaudiaChwalisz @PaolaSubacchi #ageofeconomics #economicsandcapitalism #interview

Is Capitalism, or whatever we should call the current system, the best one to serve the needs of humanity, or can we imagine another one? youtu.be/IuUL_QtBtnY @MkBlyth @RanaForoohar @FT @arjun_jayadev @aoteh @hmryder @yavlinsky #ageofeconomics #economicsandcapitalism

Rebecca Henderson for Age of Economics - Full interview youtu.be/2K5ChiQMhrY @RebeccaReCap @HarvardHBS #ageofeconomics #economicsandcapitalism #interview

Fred Olayele for Age of Economics - Full interview youtu.be/obvkIXx4hfA #ageofeconomics #economicsandcapitalism #interview

Sheila Lawlor for Age of Economics - Full interview youtu.be/RIKs3WeX_wE @lawlorsheila, @PoliteiaUK #ageofeconomics #economicsandcapitalism

Muhamad Chatib Basri for Age of Economics - Full interview youtu.be/h8q3U0i7aQE

Megan Greene for Age of Economics - Full interview youtu.be/b5R02rB-9SE