Rethinking Economics is a global movement of students and organisers fighting for a new way of teaching and practising economics in response to climate collapse and inequality.
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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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Is the UN’s COP Process the Biggest Greenwash Humanity Has Faced?
A decade after the adoption of The Paris Agreement, we saw 2024 as the hottest year on record. Merja Turpeinen argues our ecosystem is being put under unsustainable pressure.
Friday 13 March 2026
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Teaching Economics Through Movements for Justice: Reflections from the Classroom
Sasha High introduces us to the Movements for Economic Justice course at John Jay College and its role in situating students in the political economy of the 21st Century.
Wednesday 11 March 2026
Our Global Network
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.
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Training | Rethinking Economics Fundamentals
17 June – 8 July 2026
Online
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Book Launch of Heterodox Economics by Andrew Trigg
21 May 2026, 17:00–18:00 BST
Online Event
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Beyond GDP // International Institute for Sustainable Development
9 June 2026, 09:30–12:30 CAT
University of Zambia, Great East Road Campus
We are building a student movement to challenge, interrogate and renew the discipline of economics and related fields, for social and climate justice.
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Review your university curriculum
Frustrated at what is being taught in your university? Want to gather the evidence for what’s missing in your learning? Sounds like your education is in need of a health check! Run a Curriculum Health Check for your course to find out what’s being taught, what’s not and how to change your learning for the […]
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Campaign for Ecological Economics
We want an economics education that recognises planetary boundaries and that reflects on how we can build a society that works for all people.
