Rethinking Economics is a global youth movement organising, educating and agitating towards an economics that works for everyone.
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A trillion dollars is not a market signal. It’s a policy choice, repeated for twenty years.
We keep talking about Elon Musk’s wealth as if it fell out of the sky. It didn’t. It was built, piece by piece, by decisions that specific institutions made and could have made differently. If we want to understand extreme wealth concentration, we shouldn’t start […]
Monday 10 August 2026
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Time as a Battleground in Brazil: Reflections from the III Desajuste Congress on Work in the Twenty-first Century
Recent reports from international organisations and economic news outlets suggest that Brazil is experiencing a period of sustained economic growth. Unemployment has fallen to historically low levels, GDP is expanding faster than expected, the Brazilian real has strengthened, and inflation remains under control. Yet, after […]
Monday 27 July 2026
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Intergenerational equity takes centre stage at the UN’s “Beyond GDP: Rethinking Progress in a Changing World”
With the Secretary-General’s independent High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP preparing its recommendations, the 2026 High-Level Forum on Official Statistics became a space not only to refine indicators but also to reflect on who defines progress and for whom. From the outset, the Youth Moving Beyond GDP initiative was recognized as a shaping force in the process.
Friday 20 March 2026
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We are a powerful network of new economic thinkers and future economists. We equip ourselves with the tools to build just, resilient and sustainable economies that work for our futures, our communities and our planet.
We are building a movement to challenge, interrogate and renew the discipline of economics and related fields, for social and climate justice.
