1. Why does economics matter?
First trailer with William Hynes, Rana Foroohar, Alan Kirman, Ludger Schuknecht, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Noam Chomsky, Steve Keen, Penny Mealy, Leo Johnson, Andrew S. Nevin, Jason DeSena Trennert, Carolina Cristina Alves, Matheus Grasselli and Keyu Jin. www.ageofeconomics.org
The objectives of this project are to shed light on the most salient challenges facing human civilization, explore the role of economics and the inner workings of capitalism, and heighten people’s awareness of both the economic system in which they live and work, and the role of economics in understanding this ever-changing system.
Music: J.S. Bach, from The Well-Tempered Clavier. Kimiko Ishizaka, piano