5. As we live in an age of economics and economists – in which economic developments feature prominently in our lives and economists have major influence over a wide range of policy and people – should economists be held accountable for their advice?
Trailer with Leo Johnson, Rebecca Henderson, Barry Eichengreen, Nancy Qian, Ricardo Hausmann, Harold James, Ludger Schuknecht, Otmar Issing, Alan Kirman, Josh W. Mason, Arjun Jayadev
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