Section: 1) Economics in times of crisis | Political Economy - Political Economy

Section outline

This section deals with the following (updated 19/01/2023):

1a) What is economics? What is capitalism? How do they respond to crises?

1b) The contribution of complexity theory to understanding crises: an introduction

2a) The post-World War II world and the Keynesian settlement. The "shocks" of the 1970s and paradigm change.
2b) A brief review of French Régulationist theory. The Covid-19 crisis and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza in a historical perspective.
- Select activity Section 1: Reading material
  
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- Select activity Section 1: Videos
  
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- Select activity Course 1: An introduction to elements of political economy (30/1/2025)
  
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- Select activity Course 1: (Extra) takeouts
  
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- Select activity Course 2: Pax Americana, the post-1945 settlement and crises (6/02/2025)
  
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- Select activity Fake news, theory and conjectures
  
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- Select activity "A régulationist primer" by Prashant Rayaprolu, 2022
  
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