Economics Education for the 21st Century
The Post-Crash Economics Society are excited to announce their new report: Is Economics Education Fit for the 21st Century?
Our report launch event, is on the 1st May from 2pm to 5pm at the University of Manchester.
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- ‘Developed’: What does that even mean?!
Enshrined is the label ‘developed’. Positioned as the ultimate goal, economic growth is traditionally seen as the means to achieve… Read more: ‘Developed’: What does that even mean?! - Covid Relief and Modern Monetary Theory
Over the last year, the United States government has used fiscal stimulus as a response to falling aggregate demand due… Read more: Covid Relief and Modern Monetary Theory - Economics Education is Still Dominated by Men
Gender inequality is ubiquitous in economics. The recent Women in Economics Index (2020) found that men still dominate the economics profession across the academic, private and public sectors. - PCES Lecture Series: Pluralism in Practice
This coming semester is very exciting for the Post Crash Economics Society. We have planned a series of lectures under the title Pluralism in Practice. Not only is pluralism in economics important for a thorough understanding of economics, it is also necessary if we wish for our economic systems to evolve to face the challenges that the coming century will bring. - Gary Becker, Shantay you stay
February is considered to be the ‘LGBT History Month’ and so its aim is to give visibility to the history of the LGBT community, which has often been ignored by mainstream society. The amount of economic research that could give an insight on the conditions of queer people in history has been scarce in the beginnings, since most investigations have been carried out in the past few years. Besides addressing the issues of a potential wealth gap or wage discrimination, economics can also raise awareness on LGBT discrimination in our everyday life. - Baby Bonds
In this series we will be publishing short pieces that pertain to our campaign goal of diversity in economics. In this piece, we address the work of Darrick Hamilton and William Darity Jr. on reducing the racial wealth gap that is still prevalent in the United States. Have a read of this short piece, and if you’re interested in finding out more you can find the full articles below.