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Inequality & Poverty

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This topic examines the causes, measurements, and consequences of economic disparity and poverty. Learners will understand how income distribution is measured, the systemic factors driving inequality, and the policy interventions used to alleviate poverty globally.

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Money & Banking

The last three or four decades have seen a remarkable evolution in the institutions that comprise the modern monetary system. The financial crisis of 2007-2009 is a wakeup call that we need a similar evolution in the analytical apparatus and theories that we use to understand that system. Produced and sponsored by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, this course is an attempt to begin the process of new economic thinking by reviving and updating some forgotten traditions in monetary thought that have become newly relevant. Three features of the new system are central. Most important, the intertwining of previously separate capital markets and money markets has produced a system with new dynamics as well as new vulnerabilities. The financial crisis revealed those vulnerabilities for all to see. The result was two years of desperate innovation by central banking authorities as they tried first this, and then that, in an effort to stem the collapse. Second, the global character of the crisis has revealed the global character of the system, which is something new in postwar history but not at all new from a longer time perspective. Central bank cooperation was key to stemming the collapse, and the details of that cooperation hint at the outlines of an emerging new international monetary order. Third, absolutely central to the crisis was the operation of key derivative contracts, most importantly credit default swaps and foreign exchange swaps. Modern money cannot be understood separately from modern finance, nor can modern monetary theory be constructed separately from modern financial theory. That's the reason this course places dealers, in both capital markets and money markets, at the very center of the picture, as profit-seeking suppliers of market liquidity to the new system of market-based credit.

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Inequality

Coursera course: Inequality and Democracy

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📚Books(3)

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century - A book resource

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The Spirit Level

The Spirit Level - A book resource

intermediate🇬🇧
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Evicted

Evicted - A book resource

intermediate🇬🇧

🌐Websites(4)

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World Bank Poverty Overview

Latest data and reports on global poverty.

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inequality.org

Inequality.org is a data-driven policy site from the Institute for Policy Studies that analyzes economic inequality, offering articles, dashboards, and briefs on wages, wealth concentration, taxes, and corporate power to inform policy solutions.

intermediate🇬🇧
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piketty.pse.ens.fr

Thomas Piketty's official research site at PSE/ENS, featuring his publications, working papers, datasets, and lecture materials on inequality, wealth distribution, and capital accumulation. It provides downloadable papers and analyses useful for studying inequality and poverty.

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oxfam.org/inequality

Oxfam's Inequality hub provides data-driven analysis, reports, policy briefs, and interactive insights on global inequality—covering income and wealth gaps, gender disparities, and campaigns to reduce inequality.

intermediate🇬🇧

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