The New Economics Foundation has just opened applications for its 7 week online course based on the myth buster series now running in the Guardian. It's linked up with others including UNITE, TSSA, Wales TUC, Friends of the Earth and Quaker Peace and Social Witness to train 50 each of their supporters and staff. But they've also got 120 places open for individuals. Here are the essentials:
- 7 online classes over 7 weeks running every Tuesday from May 14th
- Classes will be led by speakers like Owen Jones, Polly Toynbee and Richard Murphy
- Interactive Q&As and webcam tutorials allow you to practice debunking the myths with other participants
Applications are open until Friday 26th April at 5pm. The total cost of taking the course is a subsidised fee of just £50, working out at around £7 a class to help cover the cost of the software/development. For more information and to apply for the course log onto www.neweconomics.org/
I'm looking forward to it.
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Sounds good and ideal for a people like me who have no background, technically speaking, in the subject. Will the lectures be generally available to view after the course? This sort of ‘education’ is vital – the problem is how to reach the Daily Mail entranced reader?
Indeed
Not sure about availability afterwards – but all the papers are going on line
Anything that bursts the myth of using austerity measures to pay down debt during a recession when actually it makes matters worse, often resulting in higher, not lower deficits, is OK by me.
I hope it tackles the trikle down theory or, as the yanks call it, the colourful horse and sparrow theory in which we are told that tax cuts, that largely benefit the rich, will “cause a swell that lifts all boats”. It is conveniently forgotten of course, that these tax cuts have to be paid for in some way to balance tha books, either by cuts elsewhere or by borrowing more and increasing the deficit.
Contrary to popular belief, high borrowing and spending has usually provided a degree of prosperity rather than massive inflation. Spent on the real economy, borrowing and spending provides the economy with the impetus it needs.
Borrow massively and spend on real wealth creation and creating full employment and use that wealth creation to pay it back.
Demand is missing from the system and it is only the government at the moment who can put the demand in to generate the supply!