After completing Economics with Justice 5: Whose Wealth? recently.
Classes are held online via Zoom.
Term Dates: 28 September - 13 December
Half Term: 26 October - 01 November
For concessionary rates, please contact the team
There are several Further Economics classes each following their own lines of study. These are available to anyone who has completed all the formal classes (currently parts 1 through 5).
Subjects for study are decided each term by the tutor in conjunction with the class (more information is on the right-hand side of this page).
Payments by Direct Debit are available with a reduced fee of £153, four monthly instalments of £38.25. To set up a new Direct Debit, please fill in the Direct Debit form and return to our office by Monday 04 May.
For further information please speak to your tutor, or contact Clare by emailing economics@fses.org
Join us in good company and lively conversation.
These international classes are organised around London (UK) time. Please note the time difference between your locality and the class.
Common Good
The neoliberalism consensus has reshaped the global economy over the past five decades or so. Whilst it has fostered unprecedented growth and technical innovation this has come at the expense of equality, community stability and environmental stewardship. We now need a different approach. Mariana Mazzucato in her new book, The Common Good Economy, develops her visionary ideas for an entrepreneurial state and mission-oriented policies to establish a new theory of the common good. You are invited to join us for an exploration of her latest work which represents a complete revisitation of our system of economic values leading to an economy that serves both people and planet.
The world beneath our feet
… and access to it is still an important factor in our economic fortunes and those of others across the globe. But that continuing importance can be obscured by the complex financial features of the present economic landscape. This course will explore how this has come about. It will use material from a recent book looking at different countries by the Wall Street editor of The Economist, Mike Bird, ‘The Land Trap’.
Inequality, the impact of AI, and more
We draw from world events and particular interests of the group.
The new term will explore the many manifestations of inequality in the UK, its causes and possible solutions. A second topic is the impact of AI on our society and economy.
To illustrate our way of working, last year’s exploration of the many intertwined aspects of housing in the UK, Ireland and Western Australia, resulted in a short paper which is being launched on the Economics and Law conference. It includes a vision of housing under conditions of Economic Justice.
10 Topics
We will revisit in turn topics covered in previous terms and review and update them with the observations of students and tutor alike, since the time of earlier discussion. Our aim is to finalise a written record of the discussions in book form, though not with a view to publication.
The 10 topics to be covered are: Economics with Justice; Money; Natural Law; Production; Balance and the shadow in Society; Agriculture and the food chain; Activism and great activists; What is Good Work; Truth and Propaganda; The power of Connection; War and Peace; and American Hegemony and De-dollarisation. There will be a final appendix with Students Notes on Value.
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