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.?
Short with Katharina Pistor (German. Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia University, scholar and author)
Keyu Jin (Chinese. Economist, Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader)
Muhamad Chatib Basri (Indonesian. Economist, Former Minister of Finance of Indonesia, scholar)
Branko Milanović (Serbian-American. PhD in economics. Professor of economics at CUNY, LSE and IBEI (Barcelona))
Fred Olayele (Nigerian-Canadian. Economist, scholar, public policy expert. Chief Economist at NYCEDC, New York)
Claudia Chwalisz (Polish. Innovative Citizen Participation Lead, OECD Open Government Unit)
Alan Kirman (British-French. Directeur d’etudes, CAMS-EHESS Paris Professor Emeritus, Aix Marseille University Senior Adviser, OECD NAEC Initiative)
Tito Boeri (Italian. Economist, Professor at Bocconi University/ Milano, Adviser)
Shanaya D’sa (Indian. Student of Economics and Cultural Studies, McGill University)
Leora Schertzer (Canadian. Student of Environmental Economics and Communications, McGill University. Co-President, Expanding Economics)
Albena Azmanova (Bulgarian. Scholar, author, sociologist, Associate Professor at the University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies)
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Video by Fabio Dondero
Music: J.S. Bach, from The Well-Tempered Clavier. Kimiko Ishizaka, piano