Political Economy Seminar
Together We’ll Break These Chains of Love? The Community Ideal and the Multi-Criterial Economy
Presenter: Aaron Benanav, Syracuse University
Respondent: Dr Mike Beggs
Date: Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (AEDT)
Seminar via Zoom for University of Sydney staff, students and affiliates. For further information please contact John Clegg (j.clegg@sydney.edu.au) or Claire Parfitt (claire.parfitt@sydney.edu.au).
Our long-awaited book Modern Monetary Theory: Key Insights, Leading Thinkers was published at the beginning of 2023. To celebrate the occasion the GIMMS team is proud to present its book …
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Political Economy Seminar
The uncertain foundations of sustainable investing and the politics of risk
Speaker: Dr Claire Parfitt, University of Sydney
Date and time: Tuesday 12 September at 12 noon
Location: Social Sciences Building (A02), Room 650, The University of Sydney
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In June 2023 Political Economy at the University of Sydney hosted a discussion on Jamie Martin's new book, The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire and the Birth of Global Economic Governance (Harvard University Press). Jamie gave a presentation on the book, and Martijn Konings was the discussant. Today we are publishing a recording of the event, along with an edited transcript of Martijn's contribution and Jamie's response.
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The 2023 Paul Bourke Lecture presented by Dr Sophie Webber, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney
‘Climate finance: Taking a position on climate futures’
Climate change is increasingly conceptualised in financial terms. In policy and politics, climate change is viewed as a problem of bridging ‘financing’ gaps between the anticipated costs of climate change and available public and private finance, between developed and developing countries, and between mitigation and adaptation activities. These categorisations tend to frame climate finance as a neutral and technical tool for meeting shared goals for responding to climate change.
In this presentation, hear an alternative geographical perspective that is focused on how the ideas, instruments and institutions of climate finance are reshaping the relationships between our economies and climate change. Illustrated with examples of adaptation finance from the Asia-Pacific region, I outline different configurations of climate finance and demonstrate their potentials for more democratic and just climate futures.
Plus Q&A, followed by a cocktail reception.