Oxfam, Inequality and the Question We Avoid: What Is the Economy For?
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.
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.
This short paper builds upon the recent work by Jennifer Nedelsky and Tom Malleson, titled Part-Time for All: A Care Manifesto. The authors present a strong case for reimagining modern societies with a focus on care norms and practices. Care is intrinsically valuable and should not be exclusively linked to gender or perceived merely as a secondary concern in relation to work.
In a societal context where companies are expected to address wicked problems, this article advocates for advancing marketing communication-actions to promote Commons care grounded in the Circular Subsidiarity and, more broadly, the Civil Economy paradigm.
L’articolo affronta la tensione tra profitto e scopo delle imprese, proponendo un framework integrato tra Economia Aziendale, Economia Civile e Dottrina Sociale della Chiesa.
“for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity” - Comments from two EoF researchers
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.