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INET Newsletter ... September 2021
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Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
Here's the Issue
The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern capitalism has there been a moment in which 95 percent of the world’s economies were suffering all at the same time. Across the world hundreds of millions have lost their jobs. And over it all looms the specter of pandemic, and death.
This is what Columbia University historian Adam Tooze discusses in his new book Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy. This week, INET President Rob Johnson sat down with Tooze to discuss his book and its implications. In this newsletter we also have a working paper by Matteo Gaddi and Nadia Garbellini on automakers and the European Union, an article by Lynn Parramore on the new Texas abortion law, a video with Christian Madsbjerg on the future of learning, a podcast with Maude Barlow on water scarcity, an animation on gender and economics featuring Jayati Ghosh, and a podcast with Gisele Huff and john a. powell. And make sure to register for INET Live's climate debates, taking place September 21-22.
Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy
Video with Adam Tooze
The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world economy contracted by 20 percent in a matter of weeks nor in the historic record of modern capitalism has there been a moment in which 95 percent of the world’s economies were suffering all at the same time. Across the world hundreds of millions have lost their jobs. And over it all looms the specter of pandemic, and death.
Autos and the European Union: Another Crash?
Working Paper by Matteo Gaddi and Nadia Garbellini
In Europe, imbalances in the structure of the automotive and a lack of industrial policies risk creating a deadly cocktail for millions of European workers just as the auto sector is undergoing decisive changes.
Why Aren’t Libertarians Protesting the Freedom-Busting Texas Abortion Law?
Article by Lynn Parramore
On deregulation and Covid masks, libertarians are loud. On female liberty, deafening silence.
Back to the Future of Learning
Video with Christian Madsbjerg
If we save education, can we save humanity?
Water: The New Gold
Podcast with Maude Barlow
The COVID pandemic highlighted the deepening water crisis. “Do we understand that over half the population of the world doesn’t have a place to wash their hands with soap and warm water?” says water warrior Maude Barlow.
The Invisible Woman
Animation with Jayati Ghosh
Economics has many flaws, yet few are as broadly oppressive as its illusions about gender.
On Developing a Vision for a Better Society
Podcast with Gisele Huff and john a. powell
Gisele Huff, education policy specialist and president of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, along with john a. powell, director of UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute, talk about the motivations and process behind the just-released report, “Convening on Automation, Opportunity, and Belonging: Vision and Foundations for a Better Society.”
INET Live | Climate Debates
Forthcoming Event
September 21, 2021 12:30pm - 3:00pm ET & September 22, 2021 8:30am - 12:00pm ET
In a series of debates, the Institute for New Economic Thinking examines the role of economics in climate change, the relation between how we think about and govern our economies and the transformation we know is necessary, and the areas where economics can still play a productive role for the good of the climate and society.
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