September 12, 2017

Speaker – Professor P. Paul Walsh

Introduction – Professor Mark Orrs

Readings:

Sachs, Jeffrey D. (2016).  “Economics for the Common Good,” Keynote Address at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Stiglitz, Joseph E. (2016). “Joseph Stiglitz Says Standard Economics Is Wrong. Inequality and Unearned Income Kills the Economy,” adapted (with permission) from: Jacobs, Michael, and Mariana Mazzucato, eds. Rethinking capitalism: economics and policy for sustainable and inclusive growth. John Wiley & Sons, 2016.

Sutton, John (2012). “Competing in Capabilities: The Globalization Process”, Clarendon Lectures in Economics, Oxford University Press, 2012.

Walsh, P. Paul (2015) “Industrial Policy and Sustainable Development“, United Nations Global Sustainable Development Report Policy Brief, 9 Mar 2015.

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2015). Chapter 5: Economic Growth, Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development, and Sustainable Consumption and Production. In The Global Sustainable Development Report (2015 ed.). United Nations.

Technology and the UN 2030 Agenda: United Nations “Technology Facilitation Mechanism” (TFM) [browse through site]

Further Reading:

Piketty, T. (2017). Capital in the twenty-first century. Harvard University Press.
[tl;dr? Try “Thomas Piketty’s “Capital”, summarised in four paragraphs” from The Economist instead]

Leonhardt, David. “Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart,” The New York Times. August 7, 2017.