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Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?
Nature & Environment

Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?

...economics line of study across a range of geography modules in relation to the environment at The Open University. She looks at whether the New Deal by the government to boost the economy is actually good for the environment...[Boris Johnson talking at a Covid-19 press conference in March 2020] The COVID-19 crisis began with a focus on human health, but it wasn’t long...
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Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned
Society, Politics & Law

Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned

...Economics courses and qualifications. On 25 May 2022, OU Economics hosted a seminar with Dr Ayobami Ilori, Lecturer and Staff Tutor at The Open University and Dr Moustafa Chatzouz, a macroeconomist, who leads the data science and fiscal policy modelling branch at HM Treasury. Trailer Watch the trailer below for the seminar, Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era:...
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Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?
Society, Politics & Law

Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?

...economics, by failing to take seriously the radical uncertainty endemic in modern political economies, has contributed to the populist turn? Richard Bronk argues that by mischaracterising their profession as able to make precise forecasts of uncertain futures – an impossible task – economists contributed to the current denigration of experts. More importantly, by...
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Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south

...Economics courses and qualifications. What is the impact of climate risk on financial sector stability? Will countries facing the greatest climate risks also face the steepest rise in cost of public borrowing? Trailer Watch the trailer below for an OU Economics seminar on climate change: Transcript. Learning outcomes After exploring the seminar material, you will be able...
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The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Adam Smith

...economics, and in the 20th century he became something of a hero for proponents of free markets. A think-tank dedicated to the pursuit of economic liberalism bears his name, and Margaret Thatcher famously carried a copy of his book Wealth of Nations with her at all times. Smith is widely celebrated – often by people who haven’t read his works – as a “prophet” of...
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Environment: Lake Baikal
Nature & Environment

Environment: Lake Baikal

...economic development? In Siberia, Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and contains one fifth of the world’s freshwater. It has developed over 25 million years to be a truly unique eco-system - yet this lake is now an environment at serious risk. This album focuses on the growing environmental threats to the region, which was named a World Heritage Site in 1996....
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Solving the care crisis with public investment
Society, Politics & Law

Solving the care crisis with public investment

...Economics at The Open University, presents research showing that greater public investment in care can complement other urgent policy objectives...This content is associated with The Open University's Economics courses and qualifications. Care needs to keep growing, for early years and for middle and later life. Users, providers and governments agree that the present...
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Can the Economy be Irish?
Money & Business

Can the Economy be Irish?

...economics lack these two basic elements to create knowledge? Part of the answer lies in the academic discipline’s desperate attempt to be viewed as a science by reducing its methods to that of physics. In combination with ‘bad’ mathematics, this physics envy has produced a desiccated form of investigation in which a contextual narrative of society, polity and...
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