Economics for Quakers
Description
Notice: Please do NOT enrol on this course on impulse, thinking you might watch it later. Maybe show an interest on impulse, yes, but before you enrol, watch the Preview videos, read the Course Description and then make a decision. If you then enrol then please start the course as soon as possible. Watch the lectures, look at the workbooks and join in the discussions. Joining my courses is a serious business and I want you to get the most out of your study – but I also want you to enjoy the course.
That is why I am asking that you only enrol because you really want to and that you start the course intending to make full use of all the resources.
You will be very welcome.
Part 1: Quakers and economics
- Why do Quakers want a new economy?
- 10 principles
- A Quaker view of tax
- Goodbye to economic man
- Quaker values and economic valuations
- Quakers and national income
Part 2: essays to make you consider
- The nature of money
- Corporations and business
- Economic misinformation debunked
- Free trade, free markets, and morality
- Development, aid, and foreign debt
- Macroeconomics and national accounts
- Interest, discount rates, and uncertainty
- Externalities and environmental concerns
- Behavioral and neuro-economics
Part 3
Resources to make you think:
Good work in the new economy
This booklet examines employment and business structures to enhance human and non-human life.
Energy in the new economy
This booklet outlines how we can transition to a green and fair energy system.
Booklet 4 – Money, banks and finance in the new economy
This booklet explores how the banking system and money creation could be fairer.
Booklet 5 – The role of markets in the new economy
The booklet analyses how markets are framed within capitalist economies and how new economy markets differ.
Booklet 6 – Ownership in the new economy
The booklet reviews the political power of ownership and looks at examples of progressive and sustainable models for property stewardship.
Booklet 7 – Building the new economy
The final installment of the series sets out the resources, actions and ideas that are fundamental to our future economic wellbeing.
Quakers and economic justice
Part 4
Quakers and animals
Who this course is for:
- Economics students who value new approaches to Economics
- Philosophy students who wish to consider subjects outside their central area
- All and everyone interested in the impact of Economics on Society – and vice versa
