Economics for Rebels
The world is on fire. We have to radically and rapidly transform every aspect of society to stay within 1.5 degrees of global warming. How is this possible? And how do we do this in a way that is fair? Ecological economists integrating ecological and critical social perspectives have long been working on ideas to bring about just sustainability transformations. This podcast aims at communicating these ideas in order to open them to critical discussion, from global problems to people’s everyday lives.
Latest episodes
May 16, 2021 • 32min
Overthrowing mainstream economics – why and how? - Simon Mair
As our podcast title suggests we believe mainstream economics has become much more of a hindrance to our world than the engine of progress whatever progress may mean. Today’s guest is Simon Mair and we will talk about what has gone totally pear-shaped with economic thinking and why it is time to rebel.
Apr 29, 2021 • 40min
Are we fog eaters? – Do and talk ecological economics - Erik Gomez-Baggethun
The European Society for Ecological Economics is a scientific community specialised in the integration of ecological and critical social perspectives in economics. We believe we have academic credibility to legitimise real-world systemic changes and take scientifically informed political stances. But we could do much better to spread and clearly communicate ecological economics ideas, to bring them to life, on the ground, in people’s everyday lives. This episode’s guest is Erik Gomez-Baggethun and we talk about ecological economics and why we believe that we need to open up spaces for frontier debates.
