Economic perspectives from the global south and why they matter for economics worldwide

Biographical Notes: Irene van Staveren is professor of Pluralist Development Economics at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS). She is a board member of Rethinking Economics Netherlands, and author of the pluralist textbook Economics after the Crisis – an Introduction to Economics from a Pluralist and Global Perspective (Routledge, 2015). She also made a freely available online course, Introduction to Economic Theories (available from Coursera). She is member of the Dutch think tank Sustainable Finance Lab, and works as a scholar-activist on issues around banking culture. In 2020, she published a book with Palgrave Macmillan about ten almost forgotten economists and how their ideas can inspire a postcapitalist economy.