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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
UCL (University College London)
This online course explored the origin of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and the impacts of defining societal success in primarily economic terms. It then explores the growing body of work that is advocating a new vision of prosperity - one defined more broadly than just economic growth and which takes planetary boundaries into account. The course then looked to the future, exploring frameworks of change which structure common action, and how a more sustainable and just economy can be built.
4 weeks, 2 hours per week
Professor Henrietta Moore
Director of the Institute for Global Prosperity
UCL (University College London)
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Justify the need for a re-examination of the way we look at economics, and the role it plays in guiding society
- Gain an understanding of the origin of GDP and the context from which it emerged
- Gain an understanding of new approaches to measurement of success
- Describe what a framework of change is, and why they exist
- Recognise the potential for building a new economy that works better for people and the planet
Syllabus
Week 1
- The origins and future of GDP
- The Democratic Deficit
- The state as the guardian of prosperity
Week 2
- Measuring prosperity and potential new approaches
- Sites of exemplification
- The work of the RELIEF Centre
Week 3
- Frameworks of change
- The Sustainable Development Goals
- The 2050 Challenge
- The Doughtnut development concept
Week 4
- Business and the new economy
- Business and climate change
- Consumption habits
- Making a difference
Issued on 7th December 2019
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