{"product_id":"9781526159861","title":"Reclaiming Economics for Future Generations","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ambler, Lucy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEconomic theory \u0026amp; philosophy\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 25 January 2022 by MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Manchester Capitalism' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 392 pages, 4 tables; 9 black \u0026amp; white figures\u003cbr\u003e130 x 198 x 31 | 428g\u003cp\u003eToday’s economies fail to recognise that we are in a rapidly worsening crisis, reproducing and often worsening vast and harmful inequalities between people and countries. The current models are unsustainable, and at a time when global temperatures are rising and divides are deepening, humanity is left in a rapidly worsening situation of its own making, the destruction of the living world, which will make large parts of the earth uninhabitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout access to the knowledge, skills or tools to build a better future, local, national and global economies will continue to fail to address the interlinked challenges of systemic racism, inequalities faced by women, the Covid-19 pandemic and the nature and climate emergency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the world, economics students are coming together under the banner of the student movement, Rethinking Economics, to create a better economics – one which can help to create a world where all our children can flourish regardless of their gender, background or birthplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on over sixty interviews with students and professionals from identities and backgrounds marginalised in economics and a wide range of global and historical research, this book illustrates the ways in which the discipline is currently not fit for purpose and sets out a vision for how it can be diversified, decolonised and democratised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe struggle to reclaim economics could not be more crucial - our futures depend on it. This book explains how it can be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8, Decent work and economic growth -- .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ambler, Lucy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52869933433016,"sku":"9781526159861","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781526159861.jpg?v=1771591027","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781526159861","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}