4. Economics provides answers to problems related to markets, efficiency, profits, consumption and economic growth. Does economics do a good job in addressing the other issues people care about: climate change and the wider environment, the role of technology in society, issues of race and class, pandemics, etc.? – First trailer
Trailer with Carolina Cristina Alves, Rana Foroohar, HRH Muhammad Sanusi II, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Jayati Ghosh, Shoshana Zuboff, Hannah Ryder, Laura Pautassi, Arjun Jayadev, Josh W. Mason, Otmar Issing
www.ageofeconomics.org
The objectives of this project are to shed light on the most salient challenges facing human civilization, explore the role of economics and the inner workings of capitalism, and heighten people’s awareness of both the economic system in which they live and work, and the role of economics in understanding this ever-changing system.
Video by Fabio Dondero – Music: J.S. Bach, from The Well-Tempered Clavier. Kimiko Ishizaka, piano