October 31, 2023 - Après quasiment deux ans de travail, nous sommes parvenus à établir une estimation du coût de la virilité en Suisse. En reprenant la méthode de calcul de l’historienne française et membre du Laboratoire de l’égalité Lucile Peytavin, et en l’adaptant aux spécificités du système Suisse, nous avons pu estimer le coût de la virilité pour l’État et l’ensemble des citoyen·ne·s. Ce dernier se chiffre à un peu plus de 9 milliards de francs par an. Vous pouvez trouver ici le rapport avec tout le détail de nos calculs: Le coût de la virilité en Suisse

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February 26, 2023 - Rethinking Economics Switzerland (RE-S) recently created a network called Friends of Rethinking Economics Switzerland (FoRES). FoRES organizes various events to bring people who are interested in or share the values of Rethinking Economics across Switzerland together. Moreover you can become a member of FoRES and thus financially support the activities of both RE-S and FoRES. Find out more about us and our activities on our website. The activities of FoRES are public such that anyone who is interested can join our events and get to know us. Join us for our upcoming conference about Doughnut Economics and Social Enterprise on

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September 17, 2022 - A week after our Pluralist Economics Summer School 2022 ended, Karin, one of our board members at Plurale Ökonomik Zurich, was invited to Annes radio show at Radio Lora. They had a chat about Plurale Ökonomik Zürich, our projects, why curriculum change is important, feminist economics, ecological economics and what impact the organization had on Karins life. Together they reflected on different aspects of the Summer School and shared their thoughts on the importance of interdisciplinarity and a positive outlook on the future. If you want to listen to the podcast, you can do so here: https://on.soundcloud.com/5sbPU Annes show Brandalism

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August 22, 2022 - Plurale Ökonomik Zürich has conducted a survey among economics students at the University of Zurich about their perception of reforming economics teaching. According to their survey economics students in Zurich would clearly welcome plural teaching combined with more time allocation to reflection and discussion in lectures and seminars. However, a broader collaboration is needed to gain more insights for the future of economics teaching.

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April 1, 2022 - Summary of the Workshop’s Approach and Outcomes, and of the Learnings from the Presentations on Feminism in Economics. On November 6th 2021, the Swiss network of Rethinking Economics met for its yearly National Gathering. The morning was focused on an internal workshop to brainstorm where we would like to be as a movement three years from now. The afternoon was centered around the topic of Feminism in Economics, with two economists invited to present their work on gender, feminism, and economics: Ana Costa-Ramón and Mascha Madörin. The insights from these two presentations are described further below. First, this blog will

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September 13, 2021 - The Swiss Secondary Education is currently being reformed. Such a process last took place in 1994. This is an important moment to include more pluralism and considerations of sustainability in economics education at the secondary education level in Switzerland. The letter has been written with the support of Rethinking Economics Switzerland. There are two ways in which you can sign to support this, as a teacher or as an academic. For ease, we have placed the open letter also below. You will find additional French and German versions in the links above. Open letter from academics and teachers: Swiss secondary

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August 9, 2021 - Every once in a while, a university must rethink their Bachelor curriculum to better match a new generation of students. However, understanding the needs and desires of those young minds proves to be a complicated task. Rethinking Economics Lausanne and oikos Lausanne conducted a survey of past and current students to evaluate and identify improvement opportunities in the Bachelor in Economics and Bachelor in Management programs of the University of Lausanne. Overall, the students who answered the survey requested a more sustainable approach of economics/management, more opportunities to apply their skills, a more pronounced link with economic events, and more

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February 8, 2021 - The cover image of one of the most widely used economics textbook in Swiss post-obligatory education depicts the following scene : a young boy, probably an apprentice, is working hard and sweating to build something. No boss is around, but the government is reclaiming its share, which goes to waste. This image is powerful. It conveys a politically conservative message, glorifying private efforts and vilifying public coordination. Class and the environment are left out of the picture. It could be a coincidence, but this way of introducing students to economics is strongly reminiscent of the approach proposed in mainstream academic

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June 3, 2020 - Lesson no. 1: You can’t make history in history. Good historiography has always been conducted retroactively, or rather when events come to an end and not during: some form of detachment is required in order to pass judgment and recount them. From Marc Bloch to Fernand Braudel, this is a fixed, clear and essential point for any self-respecting historian. Everything else belongs to the realm of journalism. Nonetheless, in this day and age newspapers appear to be the most revered and the most harnessed source of information, in lieu of books, papers or textbooks. It is a mass media function,

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January 13, 2019 - Since Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Memorial Price in Economic Sciences in 2002, a new branch of economics gained academic and popular interest. That is, the so-called area of behavioural economics. It is based on the idea that human behaviour is often driven by non-rational motives, which are not sufficiently included by standard economic models. In fact, neoclassical economics consider the homo economicus as its main unit of analysis. He is individualistic, as he only thought about his own interests. He is also perfectly rational, being able to rank the utilities of all his possible choices, and fully informed on

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