‘The Economics of Hope’
Saturday 7 November 2015
St Michael’s Centre,
Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8PD.
CHOOSING YOUR WORKSHOPS
If paying for this conference through Eventbrite each participant also needs to send in workshop choices.
Name:
Email address:
Please put your order of preference for these workshop options. Each workshop will run twice in the afternoon.
We will do our best to give you your first two options. Email this form to Steve at the email address below.
Theme
1
Order of
preference
Measuring Progress – Andy Lester, campaigns director, A Rocha
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the dominant measure of prosperity and the driving force of economic policy. This
workshop explores alternative measures of progress which take into account societal and environmental wellbeing.
2
Economic Education – speaker from Re-thinking Economics
Academic economics tends to be dominated by a mechanistic, ‘neo-liberal’ model, with little scope for critical and
comparative thinking, or for the vital social and environmental issues that confront us. This workshop explores the
challenges for a new generation of economists.
3
TTIP and Corporate Power – speaker from Global Justice Now
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is one of a number of ‘free trade’ proposals giving corporations
new freedoms. It represents the line of the battle between competing political visions for human well-being. Hear the
latest on the campaign against, understand the arguments in favour, and find out how it is shaping the movement for
sustainable economics.
4
Monetary Policy – Dora Meade, network organiser, Positive Money
We explore the possibilities that open up when we understand money differently, and the challenges for a financial
services industry that prioritises the interests of workers and consumers rather than bankers.
5
De-marketing – Rachel Aston from Mothers Union ‘Bye-bye childhood’ campaign
This workshop explores the extent of the influence of consumer marketing on attitudes and behaviour; the
consequences for people and planet; and different approaches to ‘de-marketing’ or restricting the power of the
marketing industry.
6
Inequality – Paul Wheeler from Equality Bristol
The rapidly growing gap between rich and poor is not only unjust but inherently unsustainable. This workshop gets to
grip with the problem and explores solutions for the benefit of people and the planet.
7
Building a spirited movement for economic change – Paul Bodenham, Tim Higgins,
Darren Hall
This session will focus on the journey forward from the conference. How should the wider church be engaged, what
should be the message but first and foremost, how should our understanding of faith and spirituality evolve for such
action to be vigorous and authentic?
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