Rethinking Economics

If you have opinions, analysis and commentary - we have an opportunity for you.

A new series amplifies voices from the Global South to shape discourses within the EU & German policy - if you've got a ideas, send us a pitch!

Submit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclER50FCVstNyuF0Y_ZVxb5t-3UTSg-ymtMkarMCNHnRuhWA/viewform?link_id=11&can_id=ab3830a8b6690ef04b1493debb6630a3&source=email-fill-out-rei-annual-survey&email_referrer=email_3174096___subject_3650793&email_subject=individual-membership-launches-in-may

Your curriculum could be next!

Join our campaign to get doughnut econ on the curriculum: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/doughnut-economics-educational-materials?source=direct_link&link_id=16&can_id=ab3830a8b6690ef04b1493debb6630a3&email_referrer=email_3174096___subject_3650793&email_subject=individual-membership-launches-in-may&

Interested in learning more about the economy of the ?

Join this webinar from the co-founder of RE UC-Bukavu !

🗓️ Saturday 11th April - 8pm Sydney, 11am Kinshasa & London

Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83711681227?pwd=iQZKpb4yxo2hSx6fVJXUU6zc03H2zL.1

It's that time of year again! Time to start thinking about summer schools ☀️

Join the Post Keynesian Economics and Political Economy school in June!

More info: https://www.postkeynesian.net/event/2026-pkes-summer-school/?link_id=8&can_id=ab3830a8b6690ef04b1493debb6630a3&source=email-fill-out-rei-annual-survey&email_referrer=email_3174096___subject_3650793&email_subject=individual-membership-launches-in-may&&

Decolonising education starts with looking at our current education systems critically.

When it comes to prioritising one knowledge system we see this heavily with econ education.

is economics.

The alarm bell is ringing for a global economy built on fossil-capitalism and yet the crisis spirals further.

As always, the most marginalised - who have done least to cause this crisis - bear the biggest burden.

The world energy shock is coming The US and Israel’s illegal attack on Iran will provoke a global economic catastrophe

The scale of change needed in this world can feel overwhelming.

By focusing on the small steps together we can change the system.

Take action today: https://rethinkeconomics.org/get-involved/

An ongoing series brings together Economic History scholars from across the Global South for exchanges that connect the present to the past.

The Economic Histories of the Global South series is a collaboration with Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research & Pathways Beyond Neoliberalism: Voices From MENA that aims to bring together tools that are useful for addressing today's challenges

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuFhMeK7PZ8&list=PLM7V2mlmOWdsbCjETrA30K_trXwoejMha&index=4

Did you do the International Baccalaureate?

They're designing their next econ course and are looking for you!

Help them shape the next IB econ course to create a course that supports a more equal world 🌎

Register your interest: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=CtWyaN1X1UuFu6JJsLGd36WIGpcNGupPmv1y9rvnDbdUNFJWRFNUV1VVNUFYVzEyVUVRUFZTMFRHMS4u&link_id=5&can_id=4e291215bb76c6c7bbb9434f59825b13&source=email-january-without-the-delusions-new-re-publication-2&email_referrer=email_3138859&email_subject=march-2026-how-to-think-like-an-economist&route=shorturl

The UN is running a process to move - to include wellbeing in our metrics.

Through the Youth Moving Beyond GDP initiative young people have been co-architects of this process 🔥

Read more about the role they've played on our blog: https://rethinkeconomics.org/blog/2026/03/20/intergenerational-equity-takes-centre-stage-beyond-gdp/

The disappointment at last year was palpable.

It failed to deliver on its promise of being the 'people's COP'.

Without dealing with our quest for endless growth the COP progress will never be more than greenwash, argues Merja Turpeinen: https://rethinkeconomics.org/blog/2026/03/13/is-the-uns-cop-process-the-biggest-greenwash-humanity-has-faced/

Photo: ckohtala

A new heterodox course brings art to the classroom and connects economics to justice.

Sasha High, a lecturer on the course, gives us her insight: https://rethinkeconomics.org/blog/2026/03/11/teaching-economics-through-movements-for-justice-reflections-from-the-classroom/

Photo: Ajay Suresh