CLASS 1: Ecological Macroeconomics: Ecologising Macroeconomic Theory & Policy (Simone D'Alessandro)

This class is part of the Summer Crash Course 2021 on "Ecological & Feminist Macroeconomics" organised by Federico Demaria at the University of Barcelona.

The author of this class eventually participated in the live session on "Ecological and Feminist Macroeconomics", available here:    • Session 1 - Ecological and feminist macroe...  

More details about the SCC: https://www.ub.edu/school-economics/s...
Programme and readings of the SCC: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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ABSTRACT
The large and urgent reductions in environmental impacts cannot be achieved without a substantial transformation of our socio-economic system. Similarly, pressing social issues such as inequality and work across Europe cannot be addressed without considering environmental impacts. At the same time, the scale and pace of the economic transformation needed raises important questions about how it can be delivered while maintaining a stable macroeconomy. Building on the insights of ecological economics, the field of ecological macroeconomics has emerged over the last few years as an attempt to develop macroeconomic approaches that can integrate the interconnected aspects of the sustainability transformation. It specifically aims to provide macroeconomic analysis linking environmental impacts, inequality outcomes and financial stability to inform discussions on how we can transform the economy to provide prosperity within planetary boundaries. This includes an explicit aim to go beyond GDP as a measure of progress and to explore pathways to end social reliance on continued GDP growth. It therefore attempts to develop holistic methods for analysing the economic system to foster the development of effective solutions, using a pluralist and transdisciplinary approach to exploring and formulating sustainable futures. The lecture discusses the main pillars of this emerging field.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Simone D’Alessandro is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Pisa. He received a Master and a PhD degree in Economics at the University of Siena (2007). Simone’s research interests involve the distribution of income and wealth, development economics, behavioural economics, ecological economics, ecological sustainability and degrowth. His work in recent years is focused on the socio-economic effects of policies to promote the transition towards sustainability. Simone’s contributions are published in journals, such as, among others, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Ecological Economics, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Exploration in Economic History, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Journal of Economic Inequality, Metroeconomica, Oxford Economic Papers. https://people.unipi.it/simone_daless...