Debate the Issues: Complexity and Policy making

Debate the Issues: Complexity and Policy making

Author: Collectif

Publisher: OECD

Published: 2017-06-06

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9264271589

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The OECD’s New Approaches to Economic Challenges initiative invited experts from inside and outside the Organisation to discuss complexity theory as a means to better understand the interconnected nature of the trends and influences shaping our socio-economic environment. Their contributions, brought together here, examine the assumptions, strengths and shortcomings of traditional models, and propose a way to build new ones that would take into account factors such as psychology, history and culture neglected by these models. The authors concentrate on the discipline of economics as such; the financial system; and applications of complexity theory to policy making and governance. They argue that a new narrative is needed to integrate the hopes, values, attitudes and behaviours of people into economics along with the facts and data economists are more used to dealing with.


Debate the Issues: New Approaches to Economic Challenges

Debate the Issues: New Approaches to Economic Challenges

Author: Collectif

Publisher: OECD

Published: 2016-09-21

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9264264701

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To capitalise on the new international resolve epitomised by COP21 and the agreement on the universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires a renewed effort to promote new policy thinking and new approaches to the great challenges ahead. Responding to new challenges means we have to adopt more ambitious frameworks, design more effective tools, and propose more precise policies that will take account of the complex and multidimensional nature of the challenges. The goal is to develop a better sense of how economies really work and to articulate strategies which reflect this understanding. The OECD’s New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC) exercise challenges our assumptions and our understanding about the workings of the economy. This collection from OECD Insights summarises opinions from inside and outside the Organisation on how NAEC can contribute to achieving the SDGs, and describes how the OECD is placing its statistical, monitoring and analytical capacities at the service of the international community. The authors also consider the transformation of the world economy that will be needed and the long-term “tectonic shifts” that are affecting people, the planet, global productivity, and institutions.


OECD Insights Debate the Issues: Investment

OECD Insights Debate the Issues: Investment

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2016-02-17

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 926424266X

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Why do financial markets see so little risk, while companies that invest in the real economy appear to be much more prudent? How will we fund future pensions when interest on the products that finance them are so low? Where will the trillions of dollars needed to improve and extend ...


Income Inequality

Income Inequality

Author: Brian Keeley

Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development

Published: 2015-12-21

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9789264246003

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Income inequality is rising. A quarter of a century ago, the average disposable income of the richest 10% in OECD countries was around seven times higher than that of the poorest 10%; today, it's around 9½ times higher. Why does this matter? Many fear this widening gap is hurting individuals, societies and even economies. This book explores income inequality across five main headings. It starts by explaining some key terms in the inequality debate. It then examines recent trends and explains why income inequality varies between countries. Next it looks at why income gaps are growing and, in particular, at the rise of the 1%. It then looks at the consequences, including research that suggests widening inequality could hurt economic growth. Finally, it examines policies for addressing inequality and making economies more inclusive.


OECD Insights Debate the Issues: New Approaches to Economic Challenges

OECD Insights Debate the Issues: New Approaches to Economic Challenges

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2016-09-21

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 926426468X

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To capitalise on the new international resolve epitomised by COP21 and the agreement on the universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires a renewed effort to promote new policy thinking and new approaches to the great challenges ahead. Responding to new challenges means we have to ...


OECD Insights Ageing Debate the Issues

OECD Insights Ageing Debate the Issues

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2015-12-18

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9264242651

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OECD Insights: Ageing discusses the problems, challenges, and opportunities that ageing brings to citizens and governments in developed and developing countries.


OECD Insights Economic Globalisation Origins and consequences

OECD Insights Economic Globalisation Origins and consequences

Author: Huwart Jean-Yves

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2013-04-11

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 9264111905

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This publication reviews the major turning points in the history of economic integration, and in particular the pace at which it has accelerated since the 1990s. It also considers its impact in four crucial areas, namely employment, development, the environment and financial stability.


OECD Insights International Trade Free, Fair and Open?

OECD Insights International Trade Free, Fair and Open?

Author: Love Patrick

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2009-05-19

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 926406026X

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Argues that prosperity has rarely, if ever, been achieved or sustained without trade. Trade alone, however, is not enough; policies targeting employment, education, health and other issues are also needed to promote well-being and tackle the challenges of a globalised economy.