SDG Detail

Macroeconomics for a Sustainable Planet

MOOC

Project description

How do we balance the pursuit of economic growth with the right of all people to thrive on an increasingly fragile planet? To answer this question, we must reframe our understanding of macroeconomics in the context of a highly interdependent world.

Year 2021

Location United States

Organization SDG Academy X

Project aims

This course explores traditional macroeconomic principles and tools, updated for the age of sustainable development and the current wave of globalization.

Project outcome

Learn about - GDP and well-being: How do we measure progress? Are those measures enough? - The changing labor market: digitization, unemployment trends,and the minimum wage - Sustainable investment principles - Theories of business investment and how these relate to consumption and saving - New economic principles which internalize social capital and environmental impact