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Rethinking Economics International⚡️A youth movement campaigning to make economics work for people, the planet, and social justice in the classroom and beyond.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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📚 Weekend reads with the RE #Blog

#Saturday
Who is Homo Economicus? Rethink the “rational maximiser” and centre care & interdependence. 👉 bit.ly/3JnQciH

#Sunday
The Secret History of David Ricardo: Beyond Econ 101 myths about trade. 👉 bit.ly/4oJj6tS
August 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Join @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social and @greencb.bsky.social for the launch of our East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard 👇

📅Weds 10th September
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East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard launch
Join us for the launch of the East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard: Wednesday 10th September 9am BST / 4pm MYT / 5pm JST.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The climate, biodiversity & social crises share the same root: our current economy.

🌍 Join us at Next Economies Summit 2025 (12–14 Sept, Istanbul) to co-create just & regenerative futures.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/3JlzCzV

#NextEconomies2025
August 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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📚 Weekend Reads with the RE Blog

👉 Saturday: The decline of History of Economic Thought (HET) in economics classrooms—and why it matters. bit.ly/45LSD6j

👉 Sunday: What would advertising look like if aligned with degrowth, sufficiency & sustainability? bit.ly/41QVPfB
August 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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June 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Tired of vague climate talk with no economic backup? 🌀
Join our Economics for Climate Action workshop!

📅 June 18 | 🕔 5–8PM
📍 London
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#ClimateJustice #EcologicalEconomics #EconForClimate #RethinkEconomics
May 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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We need a new system.

To get there, we need new narratives for how we talk about the system.

Narratives that link economic policies to people's lived experiences.

That's one of the reasons Rethinking Economics exists! Join us: www.rethinkeconomics.org/get-involved/
Photo of people in a crowd with pink filter over. Text explains that we all experience the economy differently despite living under the same system and that the way the media talks about the economy obscures this. A screenshot of a headline talking about growth is an example but growth for who?
April 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The environment as an externality? That's exactly how is works under an extractivist system.
A photo of two diggers by a mine with a purple and orange hue. Over the top block highlighted text in orange and purple says 'Extractivism & economics'. Extractivism is a system based on the extraction - and exploitation - of natural resources. It comes with significant social and environmental impacts including climate breakdown and huge inequality. The term originated in Latin America from academics and grassroots activists. It stems from the ‘extractivismo’ discourse which centres the lands and communities directly affected by extractive projects." A photo of a protest banner with a slogan in Spanish is below.
April 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Here's our brief explainer on the situation in Eastern DRC ⬇️
All the slides have a dark blue background with bold, highlighted text that says A brief explanation of the situation in eastern DRC. 'Since the end of 2021, the east of the DRC has been plunged into a serious security crisis. The armed group M23 was beaten in 2013 but returned in 2021 with attacks against the Congolese army (FARDC).' And a map of North and South Kivu where most of the conflict is. The conflict escalated in January this year when M23 advanced rapidly, seizing the city of Goma, killing hundreds and wounding thousands, and the town of Bukavu in Feb. Below is a photo of a street in Goma with flat roofed houses running down the side.
April 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Join our next webinar to help you bring doughnut econ into your teaching - tomorrow!
rethinkecon.bsky.social Rethinking Economics International @rethinkecon.bsky.social · Apr 9
Our next webinar to support you to get doughnut econ into your teaching is coming up next Thursday!

📅 Thursday 17th April - 9-10.30am BST

Sign up here: actionnetwork.org/events/dough...
rethinkecon.bsky.social Rethinking Economics International @rethinkecon.bsky.social · Mar 31
Today! ⬇️

Are you an academic keen to include doughnut econ in your teaching?

With @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social we're running a webinar to support this emerging academic community of practice.

⏰ 31st March (6-7.30pm CET)

Register: bit.ly/4hLSp2Q

(There'll be a second if you can't make today's)
April 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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In Jan, Rethinking Economics hosted a @eeb.org workshop to discuss the EU's latest buzzword.

Here are some key things that came out of it.

Read more in our latest blog post: bit.ly/42g6BNi
Green and black background with two arms in an arm wrestle. Curved white text says 'Sustainable competitiveness' is a contradiction. ‘Sustainable competitiveness’ is a new EU buzzword. The free market is defined by open competition. ‘Sustainable competitiveness’ claims to balance economic growth with environmental protection. This is a contradiction. it frames ecological & social concerns within a growth-driven logic that prioritises profitability. Beside is a photo of a world with text which says: Which risks protecting this (& us!). If we keep framing green policies in a competitive lens we risk: Increasing inequality, Delaying systemic change, Prolonging extractivism as Europe competes for materials for the transition.
April 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Our next webinar to support you to get doughnut econ into your teaching is coming up next Thursday!

📅 Thursday 17th April - 9-10.30am BST

Sign up here: actionnetwork.org/events/dough...
rethinkecon.bsky.social Rethinking Economics International @rethinkecon.bsky.social · Mar 31
Today! ⬇️

Are you an academic keen to include doughnut econ in your teaching?

With @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social we're running a webinar to support this emerging academic community of practice.

⏰ 31st March (6-7.30pm CET)

Register: bit.ly/4hLSp2Q

(There'll be a second if you can't make today's)
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April 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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The wellbeing economy is built on ideas from the degrowth movement but there's actually quite a bit of difference between the two movements.
Pink background with pink circles and text saying: "The wellbeing economy is an alternative economic vision of the economy that centres participation, community and redistribution all within ecological limits. It targets a broad audience and has lots of supporters. It draws a lot of ideas from the post-growth movement. There’s an idea that by centering wellbeing more people will be brought onboard than if it had an ‘ideology-based’ name - ie degrowth." Beside is a photo of graffiti that says 'the only sustainable growth is degrowth'.
April 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Our financial system is broken - we can all agree

So how do we create a sustainable system for people & planet?

Join this webinar with @roberthockett.bsky.social, @maxjerneck.bsky.social & Ellen Brown, Public Banking Institute

📅 Wednesday 23 April (7-8.30pm CEST)

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🗓 Webinar 23/4: "From Speculation to Sustainability"
🚀 Join 19 global orgs to Reclaim Finance for People and Planet! Limited spots – Secure yours now! →
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April 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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capitalism frames sustainability as a "personal choice" while fossil fuel companies collect $7 million in subsidies every minute.

this isn't about your choice of straw — it's about power.
April 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Get the chance to join the International Conference on Financing for Development ⬇️

@unyouthaffairs.bsky.social will support five 18-35-year-old's from: Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia to join!

Deadline: Thursday 10th April

Apply: bit.ly/3RB0b54
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April 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Got a great idea for an event, campaign, or activity?

Apply for our activity fund!

Deadline: 30th April

Apply: bit.ly/47VDwHT
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April 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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The climate crisis is here and it connects all struggles against inequality.

But the majority of UK econ courses fail to give it the space and teaching it requires.

Read more in our report: www.rethinkeconomics.org/resources/ed...
New York Times article with headline 'Earth's 10 Hottest Years on Record Are the Last 10'. Block red text with black background over the top says 'Does your uni teach you about the climate crisis?'. Beside text explains that many UK econ courses fail to teach climate crisis. In fact, 75% of UK unis don't teach any ecological economics according to our report into the state of UK econ education. Behind is a collage of newspaper clippings.
March 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Today! ⬇️

Are you an academic keen to include doughnut econ in your teaching?

With @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social we're running a webinar to support this emerging academic community of practice.

⏰ 31st March (6-7.30pm CET)

Register: bit.ly/4hLSp2Q

(There'll be a second if you can't make today's)
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March 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Learn essential campaigning skills with our Local Group Training!

🗓️ Wednesdays (from 16th April)
📍On Zoom
🚨Deadline: March 31st, 7am UTC

Sign up: www.rethinkeconomics.org/resources/tr...
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March 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Applying for an Econ Degree? Read this first!

Choose the econ degree that's right for you and the planet 🌎

👀 Take a look: www.rethinkeconomics.org/edu-material...
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March 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Is LSE Economics Education Fit for the 21st Century?

“Wealth and inequality are covered by 6/19 modules, but critical questions of historical slavery, colonialism and neocolonialism are only discussed in 1 module. The environment is covered in 3 modules, where 1 includes ecological economics.”
March 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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They'll be discussing everything from ending austerity to a just transition at the Scotonomics Festival of Economics.

📍 Dundee
📅 21st-22nd March

Grab your spot: scotonomics.scot/event/festiv...
Festival of Economics - Scotonomics
Scotland's largest festival of economics brings a real-world approach to the world of economics. It is an event for the general public.
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March 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM