EC2#Week 10

10. Which way forward?

Having explored ideas governing today's economics, can we find a basis for a fresh approach that tends towards harmony rather than division? This was attempted in 1944 at Bretton Woods and resulted in the Washington Consensus, and shaped many policies of international institutions since. Perhaps there needs to be a fresh attempt, but on what basis? This course has often referred to a wholeness, a sense of unity or all-inclusiveness; could this guide a new approach to economics?