In 2024 we released our report 'Is Economics Fit for the 21st Century?' - great to see it being quoted in this article.
The challenge to mainstream economics only grows louder 📣
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The climate crisis is a crisis of inequality - meaning climate policy must be designed with those most impacted in mind.
The second in the Economists4Future Anti-Facist Economics Debate Series looks at this in the context of Germany: www.econ4future.org/articles/cli...
'Economics is only ever called upon to defend the status quo'
But Rethinking Economics chapters across the world are changing this.
There's great coverage of the work being done by one of these groups - Rethinking Economics Oxford - in this piece: www.oxfordstudent.com/2026/02/21/a...
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Great to see REI featured in @motherjones.com !
This republish of the @theguardian.com piece covering our work shows how this global movement has secured more than 80 campaign wins - including major curriculum reforms 🔥
Now we're working on the next 80+! ✨
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As fascism rises across the world - what role can economics play in resisting?
Explore just that - read the first in our Anti-fascist Economics articles series: www.econ4future.org/articles/a-t...
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It's not just in the classroom that we're given models that don't reflect reality.
Want to read more? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What does a pluralist, decolonial development policy look like beyond #GDP?
Take a look ⬇️
Almost a decade and a half since I was one of its founders, I’m glad to see @rethinkecon.bsky.social play a huge role in educating young economists across the world. Great to speak to Matthew in his new piece in @theguardian.com about Rethinking Economics:
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This should be a great book. We reference @gabrielzucman.bsky.social in our Inequality Special. Have a listen if you want a beginner's guide to the topic. #EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
@rethinkecon.bsky.social challenges, interrogates, and reshapes the teaching of economics. This article in The Guardian looks at their mission, history, and successes. And why the way economics is taught still needs further change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We need a new system.
To get there, we need new narratives for how we talk about the system.
Narratives that link economic policies to people's lived experiences.
That's one of the reasons Rethinking Economics exists! Join us: www.rethinkeconomics.org/get-involved/
Orange background, purple title with white highlight says 'environmental impacts'. Text says: "Extraction of natural resources is leading us to climate breakdown. Whether because of fossil fuels are extracted and burnt or because extracting other natural resources at huge scale causes destruction from biodiversity loss to soil degradation or water shortages. Even sustainable resources become unsustainable under extractivism because they are extracted at such a high rate that they can’t naturally replenish quick enough. Extractivism treats the environment as an externality"
Extractivism takes land, resources, and essentials away from the communities that need it all for the profit of a small minority.
Same background as the previous slide. Text says: A photo of two diggers by a mine with a purple and orange hue. Text says: "Extractivism has been a mechanism of colonial and neo-colonial plunder. Extractivism was established on a huge scale around 500 years ago as part of colonialisation on the American, African, and Asian continents. This colonialism & exploitation of natural resources led to huge inequality. Social impacts: Extractivism allows a small minority to benefit from the extraction of natural resources. This leads to inequality both in the area where the natural resources are extracted and internationally - as those along the chain profit from them."
Extractivism is bad for people & planet.
A photo of two diggers by a mine with a purple and orange hue. Over the top block highlighted text in orange and purple says 'Extractivism & economics'. Extractivism is a system based on the extraction - and exploitation - of natural resources. It comes with significant social and environmental impacts including climate breakdown and huge inequality. The term originated in Latin America from academics and grassroots activists. It stems from the ‘extractivismo’ discourse which centres the lands and communities directly affected by extractive projects." A photo of a protest banner with a slogan in Spanish is below.
The environment as an externality? That's exactly how is works under an extractivist system.
Text says: Since 2021, the resurgence of fighting has caused the displacement of more than seven million* people taking refuge in other countries, often in precarious living conditions. Below is a photo of displaced people taking shelter in a centre around the city it shows lots of people and children in a hall. The source of the figure quoted as 'more than seven million' is peace direct. The conflict has left school, health and economic infrastructure at a standstill and there is widespread violence against civilians, including rape, murder and looting. The conflict is also threatening biodiversity in the area. The conflict is a reflection of a series of deeper problems: institutional weakness, greed for resources, regional and national interference, poor distribution of wealth, corruption and community exclusion.
School, health, and economic infrastructure are at a standstill and millions of people have been displaced.
Bold highlighted title says: What has the response been? Text says: When M23 captured Goma in 2012 they were swiftly pushed back & there was a lot of intentional pressure. This time regional and international leaders have been reticent to take sides. There are some mediation efforts going on but they are struggling to produce concrete results. The Congolese population demands the immediate withdrawal of M23 & respect for national sovereignty. Below is a newspaper headline that says Angola ends mediation role in DRC-Rwanda conflict amid failed talk.
Joseph Kabila was reported as being in North Kivu, an area occupied by the M23.
Although Congolese citizens are not prohibited from traveling to the areas occupied by the M23 movement, his presence raises questions.
Bold highlighted title says: Who are M23?. Text says: M23 is a rebel group formed from a mutiny of veterans. Reports from the UN & human rights organisations show Rwanda to be providing military support for M23, which Rwanda denies despite the evidence. The situation of the Congolese Tutsi ethnic group adds a complex identity dimension to this conflict. Eastern DRC is a mineral rich region with minerals that are crucial for technology and the green transition (cobalt, tungsten, etc) and this is another factor in the conflict. Beside is a photo of a block of Tungsten.
As well as this, the former president of the DRC, Joseph Kabila's shadow still hangs over the dynamics of the East, especially since his name often comes up in informal discussions behind the scenes of local alliances.
All the slides have a dark blue background with bold, highlighted text that says A brief explanation of the situation in eastern DRC. 'Since the end of 2021, the east of the DRC has been plunged into a serious security crisis. The armed group M23 was beaten in 2013 but returned in 2021 with attacks against the Congolese army (FARDC).' And a map of North and South Kivu where most of the conflict is. The conflict escalated in January this year when M23 advanced rapidly, seizing the city of Goma, killing hundreds and wounding thousands, and the town of Bukavu in Feb. Below is a photo of a street in Goma with flat roofed houses running down the side.
Here's our brief explainer on the situation in Eastern DRC ⬇️
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