Reclaiming economics for future generations (Manchester Capitalism)

Product Description Economics needs you argues that to build economies which serve people and the planet we need a diverse and decolonised curriculum. The book explores these ideas through asking: How does the global economy currently fail people and the planet? Why has mainstream economics knowledge inadequately addressed the pressing issues of today such as systemic racism and the climate crisis? What does an economist look like and whom do they teach? How does the professional culture within economics maintain problems within the discipline and its outputs? Finally, a call to action signposts readers to steps they can take to further embed diversifying, decolonising and democratising economics in education, society and policymaking. Review 'Here comes a book full of insightful challenges to the economic mindset that has been handed down through textbooks and classrooms worldwide. The authors clearly demonstrate the power of questioning and unlearning that inheritance. But they also show what it would mean to diversify, decolonise and democratise economics to make it fit for our times, and those that lie ahead. If future generations were here today, they'd surely urge us to read this book.' Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist 'Reclaiming economics for future generations exposes harmful hierarchies in the economics discipline and raises crucial questions about their origins, persistence, as well as how to challenge them. An important book for anyone looking to build a better economics.' Ingrid Kvangraven, Assistant Professor in International Development, King's College, London, and co-author of Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction 'This book elucidates the impediments which confront women, people of colour and the marginalised in pursuing economics. More than that, it challenges the reader to understand these impediments as a vital step to overcoming them and becoming responsible agents for change. The political situation now requires such realism. Today, ever-growing numbers of people are more dissatisfied with the existing social conditions than before and more open to radical alternatives. Transforming society for the better has never been about simply accepting and working within existing constraints. We cannot create alternatives without first understanding the social impediments that deter us before dreaming, with eyes wide open, the conflicts we need to win. Indeed, now is the time to reclaim economics and offer transformative alternatives, and this book is a solid contribution.' Dorothy Grace Guerrero, Head of Policy and Advocacy, Global Justice Now! 'For a long time, the discipline of economics has been challenged for not addressing society's most depressing outcomes. This challenge has finally been combined with a critique of the discipline's Eurocentrism, lack of diversity, elitism and blunt blindness towards structural inequalities. Reclaiming economics for future generations does a fantastic job leading this critique. A must-read for everyone who craves a better future.' Carolina Alves, Research Fellow in Heterodox Economics, University of Cambridge, and co-author of Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction 'Reclaiming economics for future generations is a thought-provoking tour of the ways in which economics - both its study and its policy advice - does not represent the lives of people around the world and why it must change. It's a forceful book that deserves attention and debate within the profession.' Claudia Sahm, Senior Fellow at Jain Family Institute, Founder of Stay-at-Home Macro Consulting, and former Federal Reserve and White House economist 'Through a meticulously argued, outrage-inducing narrative, the authors make a clear and compelling case for a radical overhaul of economics. A thoroughly readable, well-researched contribution to the field. The voices of economists and students throughout the book truly bring it to life.