Henry Leveson-Gower, Author at PEP - Promoting Economic Pluralism https://economicpluralism.org/author/henrylg/ PEP is promoting economic pluralism in teaching, research and analysis to support better policy to tackle economic, social and environmental challenges Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:06:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://economicpluralism.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Henry Leveson-Gower, Author at PEP - Promoting Economic Pluralism https://economicpluralism.org/author/henrylg/ 32 32 Kapwing is our solution for getting better engagement https://economicpluralism.org/kapwing-is-our-solution-for-getting-better-engagement/ https://economicpluralism.org/kapwing-is-our-solution-for-getting-better-engagement/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:06:46 +0000 https://economicpluralism.org/?p=111787 We are developing a new direction for our magazine, The Mint. We want more engagement from the young in thinking differently about economics. After all, as the saying goes, the children are our future. They need to understand the dysfunctional nature of our economic systems and not be seduced by the mainstream economic myth of … Continued

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]]> https://economicpluralism.org/kapwing-is-our-solution-for-getting-better-engagement/feed/ 0 Governing the Accreditation System – for comment https://economicpluralism.org/governing-the-accreditation-system/ https://economicpluralism.org/governing-the-accreditation-system/#comments Sat, 31 Aug 2019 07:18:43 +0000 https://economicpluralism.org/?p=3805 We need to make sure that the accreditation system upholds –  and importantly develops –  the values and spirit of economic pluralism in teaching. It also needs to be accountable to the wider stakeholder community. So how can we do that? Here are some initial thoughts for your comment. We have looked at other similar … Continued

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]]> https://economicpluralism.org/governing-the-accreditation-system/feed/ 7 How fifty years of the ‘Nobel Prize’ in Economics redrew our map of society https://economicpluralism.org/how-fifty-years-of-the-nobel-prize-in-economics-redrew-our-map-of-society/ https://economicpluralism.org/how-fifty-years-of-the-nobel-prize-in-economics-redrew-our-map-of-society/#respond Sat, 31 Aug 2019 06:05:20 +0000 https://economicpluralism.org/?p=3794 Who shaped our world more Neil Armstrong, Jimi Hendrix, or the King of Sweden? By any standards, 1969 was a momentous year. Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon, half a million people came to Woodstock to hear Jimi Hendrix, and the Stonewall riots kicked off the gay liberation movement. The … Continued

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]]> https://economicpluralism.org/how-fifty-years-of-the-nobel-prize-in-economics-redrew-our-map-of-society/feed/ 0 Accreditation – Assessment, Compliance and Learning – For Comment https://economicpluralism.org/accreditation-assessment-compliance-and-learning-for-comment/ https://economicpluralism.org/accreditation-assessment-compliance-and-learning-for-comment/#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:46:04 +0000 https://economicpluralism.org/?p=3687 Objective To seek comments on proposed processes for assessing whether masters programmes meet the criteria for taking a pluralist approach to teaching economics and ensuring ongoing compliance and collective learning. Context In general university department programmes are not accredited but do have to be approved by internal university processes, which take some time and are … Continued

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]]> https://economicpluralism.org/accreditation-assessment-compliance-and-learning-for-comment/feed/ 7 Draft Criteria for teaching economics from a pluralist perspective – now closed for comment https://economicpluralism.org/draft-criteria-2/ https://economicpluralism.org/draft-criteria-2/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:50:26 +0000 https://economicpluralism.org/?p=3573 1. Recognition of the existence and potential value of a range of different perspectives from economics and other disciplines for understanding economic related issues. Rationale: This is the core value of those who take a pluralist approach to understanding the economy. 2. Incorporation of a reasonable breadth of perspectives into the curriculum with an expectation … Continued

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]]> https://economicpluralism.org/draft-criteria-2/feed/ 61 What it means to take the heart seriously in economics education https://economicpluralism.org/what-it-means-to-take-the-heart-seriously-in-economics-education/ https://economicpluralism.org/what-it-means-to-take-the-heart-seriously-in-economics-education/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:07:13 +0000 https://economicpluralism.org/?p=3428 Everything starts with an integral conception of the human being, radically different from the conventional-Cartesian view that the human being is a brain encapsulated by the skin. An integral conception of the human being naturally acknowledges that we are much more than thoughts, be these rational, or irrational for that matter. I would say historically, … Continued

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]]> https://economicpluralism.org/what-it-means-to-take-the-heart-seriously-in-economics-education/feed/ 2 Commentary on Dialogue Debate So Far: Economics, pluralism and the need for heart https://economicpluralism.org/accred_dialogue_highlights_wk1/ https://economicpluralism.org/accred_dialogue_highlights_wk1/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:34:57 +0000 https://economicpluralism.org/?p=3404 One week into the online dialogue, we are already seeing a range of interesting debates emerging. Here are a flavour of three that interested us: How much economics should be required? What are we looking for pluralism in? Should there be a role for the heart as well as the head? So what to you … Continued

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]]> https://economicpluralism.org/accred_dialogue_highlights_wk1/feed/ 3 Tackling the ‘Crisis of Conformity’ in Economics Teaching https://economicpluralism.org/tackling-the-crisis-of-conformity-in-economics-teaching/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 05:49:50 +0000 https://economicpluralism.org/?p=3043 The conformity in economics teaching in many ways is the most damaging aspect of our current economics discipline. Thousands of graduates all round the world enter work each year with the impression that there is only one way of thinking about organising our economies. Innovative and critical thinking is crushed just when we need it … Continued

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]]> 10 Years after the Crash, time to stop expecting reform from mainstream economists? https://economicpluralism.org/10-years-after-the-crash-time-to-stop-expecting-reform-from-mainstream-economists/ https://economicpluralism.org/10-years-after-the-crash-time-to-stop-expecting-reform-from-mainstream-economists/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2018 07:40:37 +0000 https://economicpluralism.org/?p=2796 Post the Crash, we seemed set for a revolution in economics. Even The Economist magazine, defender of free markets, concluded that a new economics was needed. Yet we are still waiting! We think the answer is to legitimise the innovators outside the mainstream rather than expect change to come from within. Following revelations of the … Continued

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]]> https://economicpluralism.org/10-years-after-the-crash-time-to-stop-expecting-reform-from-mainstream-economists/feed/ 2 So interdisciplinarity, how hard can it be? And do we need a dog to keep us on track? https://economicpluralism.org/so-interdisciplinarity-how-hard-can-it-be-and-do-we-need-a-dog-to-keep-us-on-track/ https://economicpluralism.org/so-interdisciplinarity-how-hard-can-it-be-and-do-we-need-a-dog-to-keep-us-on-track/#respond Mon, 08 Oct 2018 19:51:55 +0000 http://857.5d5.mytemp.website/?p=2696 Interdisciplinarity is seen as a means of gaining new insight by some. But everyone agrees it is not easy. So how can you build the necessary respect, trust and understanding? We started the process with a panel discussion and then a more radical open space session. People seemed to enjoy it.  Lets see where we can … Continued

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