Economics in Context Initiative
The goal of the Economics in Context Initiative (ECI) is to advance the theory, teaching, and application of economics to serve the essential goals of humanity – goals that must include the fostering of equitable societies in sustainable ecological surroundings.
ECI News
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Shifting Paradigms: Embedding the Economy in Nature
By Maneesha Kaur There is a specter haunting the field of economics, and it’s climate change. More often than not, Read more
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ECI Associate Director, Pratistha Joshi Rajkarnikar, featured in Business 360°
In a short op-ed, published in the Nepali magazine Business 360, What is a better and more practical approach to building back Read more
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Sekera and Lichtenberger’s Paper on Carbon Capture and Public Policy Published in Biophysical Economics and Sustainability
In a recently published paper, June Sekera, Senior Research Fellow at BU’s Global Development Policy Center and her collaborator from Read more
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New article published on Feminist Economist, “Female Headship and Women’s Work in Nepal”
Studies on feminization of poverty have tended to homogenize female-headed households. This article presents a mixed methods approach disaggregating the Read more
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Sekera’s article “Carbon Cleanup: The Public is Paying, But Who is Profiting?” published in Handelsblatt
In an article, published in the German newspaper Handelsblatt, Subventionen für CO2-Abscheidung sind verschwendetes Geld, ECI Senior Research Fellow June Sekera dissects the premises and promises Read more