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#12: Plural Economics with Oliver Braunschweig Part 1 of 2 Bariscope
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Economics is a crucial component of International Relations. Concepts such as trade, growth and GDP are popular and largely applied without discussions regarding potential shortcomings and how they emerged. In fact, universities almost exclusively teach what is called "neoclassical" economics, a mathematics and market-based theory of economics. This rigid and uniform approach to how economics thaught, defined and looked at is disputed, predominantly by students that want to make room for discussions and publications on alternative takes on economics by redefining the discipline and the concepts it teaches. These new approaches are what is called Plural Economics.
To discuss Plural Economics and its impact on International Relations we invited Oliver Braunschweig to Bariscope, one of the most prominent representatives of "Rethinking Economics Switzerland", a national student network aimed at promoting plural economics.
In the first episode, Oliver presents the fundamentals of Plural Economics by describing different theories, their historic evolution and new inputs. We then discuss why they have not been integrated into curriculas and how academia could make room for new approaches to finish the first episode with Oliver with his take on a potential disconnect between scholars and the wider public.
In the second episode with Oliver we will make a bridge between the more theoretical questions of the first episode and International Relations by applying the theoretical findings to challenges in IR such as growth, trade, the environment and social justice.
We are thrilled to present to you this new subject on Bariscope and hope that it serves for good food of thought!
And do send us any feedback you have on Instagram @bariscope_ccc! We will also be sharing Oliver Braunschweig's top book recommendations over there ;)
Have a great week and stay critically curious,
Lea & Lukas
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More resources and all the books mentioned by Oliver in the Episode:
On plural Economics in general:
Proctor, J.Christopher. 2018. ‘Diversifying the Economic Toolkit: An Oikos Introduction to Pluralist Economics (Updated)’. St. Gallen, Switzerland: oikos international. https://oikos-international.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Pluralism-Booklet-Updated-Final-for-Web.pdf.
Exploring Economics. An open access, e-learning platform on pluralist economics. https://www.exploring-economics.org/en/
Foley, Duncan K. 2008. Adam’s Fallacy: A Guide to Economic Theology. Cambridge, MA; London, England: Harvard University Press.http://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.4159/9780674027077/html.
Heilbroner, Robert L. 1999. The Worldly Philosophers. The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers. 7th ed. New York: Touchstone.
Organizations promoting Plural Economics:
Rethinking Economics Internationalhttps://www.rethinkeconomics.org/ and the Swiss network:https://www.swissrethinkeconomics.org/
Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik (German-speaking).https://www.plurale-oekonomik.de/
oikos International. https://oikos-international.org/
YSI (Young Scholars Initiative, INET).https://www.ineteconomics.org/education/young-scholars-initiative
Economics is a crucial component of International Relations. Concepts such as trade, growth and GDP are popular and largely applied without discussions regarding potential shortcomings and how they emerged. In fact, universities almost exclusively teach what is called "neoclassical" economics, a mathematics and market-based theory of economics. This rigid and uniform approach to how economics thaught, defined and looked at is disputed, predominantly by students that want to make room for discussions and publications on alternative takes on economics by redefining the discipline and the concepts it teaches. These new approaches are what is called Plural Economics.
To discuss Plural Economics and its impact on International Relations we invited Oliver Braunschweig to Bariscope, one of the most prominent representatives of "Rethinking Economics Switzerland", a national student network aimed at promoting plural economics.
In the first episode, Oliver presents the fundamentals of Plural Economics by describing different theories, their historic evolution and new inputs. We then discuss why they have not been integrated into curriculas and how academia could make room for new approaches to finish the first episode with Oliver with his take on a potential disconnect between scholars and the wider public.
In the second episode with Oliver we will make a bridge between the more theoretical questions of the first episode and International Relations by applying the theoretical findings to challenges in IR such as growth, trade, the environment and social justice.
We are thrilled to present to you this new subject on Bariscope and hope that it serves for good food of thought!
And do send us any feedback you have on Instagram @bariscope_ccc! We will also be sharing Oliver Braunschweig's top book recommendations over there ;)
Have a great week and stay critically curious,
Lea & Lukas
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More resources and all the books mentioned by Oliver in the Episode:
On plural Economics in general:
Proctor, J.Christopher. 2018. ‘Diversifying the Economic Toolkit: An Oikos Introduction to Pluralist Economics (Updated)’. St. Gallen, Switzerland: oikos international. https://oikos-international.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Pluralism-Booklet-Updated-Final-for-Web.pdf.
Exploring Economics. An open access, e-learning platform on pluralist economics. https://www.exploring-economics.org/en/
Foley, Duncan K. 2008. Adam’s Fallacy: A Guide to Economic Theology. Cambridge, MA; London, England: Harvard University Press.http://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.4159/9780674027077/html.
Heilbroner, Robert L. 1999. The Worldly Philosophers. The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers. 7th ed. New York: Touchstone.
Organizations promoting Plural Economics:
Rethinking Economics Internationalhttps://www.rethinkeconomics.org/ and the Swiss network:https://www.swissrethinkeconomics.org/
Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik (German-speaking).https://www.plurale-oekonomik.de/
oikos International. https://oikos-international.org/
YSI (Young Scholars Initiative, INET).https://www.ineteconomics.org/education/young-scholars-initiative
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