Labor Quality and the Green Industry: The Path to a Just Transition in Brazil
The global climate crisis requires not only new technologies but also a deep reflection on who drives the economy: the worker.
The global climate crisis requires not only new technologies but also a deep reflection on who drives the economy: the worker.
In many parts of the world, mining is presented as a pathway to economic growth. It generates exports, public revenue, and jobs, and often makes some municipalities appear “wealthy” in official statistics. But what happens when this wealth does not translate into better living conditions for the people who live in mining territories?
It is important to distinguish between inequality as such and inequality that becomes destabilizing. A certain degree of economic and wealth differentiation is inherent to market economies and can, under appropriate institutional conditions, enhance efficiency.
If the purpose of the economy is misaligned, economics has very little to add. Technical fixes cannot heal a system that no longer knows why it exists.
The report Resisting the Rule of the Rich, published by Oxfam, provides an important diagnosis of the current phase of global capitalism.
Against the “use and throw away” logic, eradicating extreme poverty and hunger through circular economy.
Through my evaluation research, I am joining the EoF efforts in adopting new metrics and assessment frameworks for the common good and designing policies for happiness.
A research on skill inequalities within the labor market of peripheral countries that seeks to give voice to countries excluded from the dynamics of capital concentration in the “knowledge economy”.
It is now nearly ten years since the release of the encyclical letter, Laudato Si’, on the care for our common home by Pope Francis on May 25, 2015 – yet the world is still experiencing serious threats due to unsustainable use of natural and environmental resources. In the Encyclical, Pope Francis decries that we human beings have mistreated the environment such that it now risks becoming a desolate waste.
Ante la necesidad de trasladar la propuesta de Economía de Francisco al continente latinoamericano y caribeño, los jóvenes crearon la Red Latinoamericana de Economía de Francisco y estos mismos jóvenes decidieron realizar el Congreso Internacional de la Economía de Francisco en América Latina y el Caribe, con el objetivo de crear puentes, conectar propuestas y establecer vínculos entre la teoría y la práctica sobre la economía del mañana.