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Economics of Social Change

What is economic justice? What is value?
​How are these ideas enacted in government and business?
SYLLABUS
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Assignments

​Learning statement
Reading Summary Assignment
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​Primary texts

Ecological Economics //  Daly & Farley
Doughnut Economics // Kate Raworth
Sacred Economics // Charles Eisenstein 

Final Quiz

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Ideas to inform policy


Supplementary texts

DEFINITIONS 
What is Degrowth? by Frederico Demaria et al
Towards a Society of Frugal Abundance pt 1 by Serge Latouche 


HAPPINESS 
The State of Happiness, by Nicola Bacon et al
Is a happy life different than a meaningful one? by Jill Suttie and Jason Marsh
Why Loneliness is Toxic, by Wendy Leung
In extremis, by Nabeelah Jaffer

DREAD, FEAR, HOPE
Gen Dread by Birtt Wray (subscribe for access)
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ENERGY
Revisiting the Limits to Growth, by Hall & Day
The Physics of Energy and the Economy, by Gail Tverberg

TECHNOLOGY
A Critique of Techno-Optimism, by Samuel Alexander


BEHAVIOUR
Thinking Fast & Slow, by Daniel Kahneman

INSTITUTIONS 
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action, by Eleanor Ostrom

The Tragedy of the Tragedy of the Commons, by Matto Mildenberger

POLICY DESIGN
Ecological Economics as a Policy Science, by Tian Shi

Doughnut Economics Acton Lab

LIVELIHOODS 
A World With No BS Jobs, by David Graeber
The Disappearing Company Job, by Mary Lynk
Why Radical Homemaking Makes Sense, by Starre Vartan (re: Shannon Hayes)

Other curiosities can be indulged under "Citizenship, Land, Economy," here. 
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Description: Processes of social change (related to poverty reduction, peace-building, environmental sustainability, economic development) can be supported or inhibited by economic forces. This course will examine and apply (in a non-technical manner) key economic principles that impact efforts to create social and environmental change. It also examines the assumptions of economic approaches, and the role of economics in the social sciences.

Objectives: This course aims to both enrich and challenge traditional economic concepts by incorporating relevant concepts from a variety of other disciplines. The emphasis is on lines of inquiry relevant to contemporary economic challenges, including sustainability and inequality.
Other courses

Ecological Economics
Politics, Society, & the Mass Media
Social Entrepreneurship

Citizenship, Land, Economy
Social Innovation Lab
Social Welfare ​
Democracy & Dissent: Intro to Politics

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This site is not formally associated with or organization or institution and it has no political affiliation; its work is supported by a community of academics and practitioners with an interest in post-growth theory and practice, including ecological economics. We share resources with the Post Carbon Institute, the Post Growth Institute, the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, and Canadian Mennonite University. 

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