The world confronts a paradox: Unparalleled global production capacity exists side by side with high and rising levels of unemployment, inequality, financial instability, social unrest and ecological degradation. Efforts to reform current economic policy and institutions are invariably opposed by both an intellectual orthodoxy and vested economic interests, drawing on the conventional wisdom of prevailing economic theory to support prevailing policies. The multidimensional challenges confronting humanity today are human-made and can be changed by a change in thought and action. Theoretical limitations and misconceptions are a primary root cause of persistent poverty, rapid and rising levels of unemployment, inequality, and calamitous environmental threats. A fundamental change in thinking is needed to support a radical change in policies.
In 2010 WAAS initiated a special project on the need for integrated, human-centered, sustainable economic theory. The objective was to harness the best available ideas and practices to create a coherent and comprehensive intellectual framework for human-centred, sustainable economy and to develop informative, authoritative and compelling educational and communication tools with the power to challenge conventional wisdom and alter university level education, public policy, business decisions, media coverage and general public opinion regarding how the world economy should and can work for the betterment of all humanity. In the following years a multidisciplinary working group gradually took shape including over 50 members drawn from a wide range of perspectives. Five international conferences and innumerable shorter events have been conducted examining different dimensions and approaches. Approximately XXX articles have been published under the program in Cadmus Journal and Eruditio. The theoretical perspectives generated by this project are reflected in of the Academy’s reports, policy recommendations and ongoing programs on economy, employment and finance.
List of conferences and roundtables
Global Employment Challenge, Aug 24, 2020 – Online
Transforming the Future of Money, Nov 18-20, 2019 – Dubrovnik, Croatia
Future Capital: Financing Global Development, Sep 16-17, 2019 – World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC, USA
Future Captial, Sep 12-13, 2019 – UN Headquarters, New York, US
XV International Colloquium, May 2-4, 2018 – Paris, France
Agenda 2030: Economics in a Changing World, Aug 27-28, 2017 – Umag, Croatia
Humanizing Economy and Democratizing Social Power, May, 2017 – Tuscany, Italy
Human-Centered Economics, Feb 1-3, 2017 – Dubrovnik, Croatia
Post-Graduate Certificate Course in Social Power, Oct 31- Nov 2, 2016 – Dubrovnik, Croatia
New Paradigm and Planetary Engagement, Sep 21-23, 2016 – Seoul, Korea
XIII International Colloquium, May 11-13, 2016 – Lisbon, Portugal
The Greek Crisis: Need for a Human-centered Theoretical Framework, Sep 15, 2015 – Online
XII International Colloquium, May 20-22, 2015 – Gainesville, FL, USA
The Global Game Changers Lab, May 13-15, 2015 – Orange County, CA, USA
Framework for a New Paradigm of Human Development, Apr 29-30, 2015 – Baku, Azerbaijan
New Paradigm of Sustainable Human Development, Nov 5-7, 2014 – Almaty, Kazakhstan
International Conference on Employment Growth – on a Road to Recovery, Jul 1, 2014 – Central Parliamentary Assembly, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prospects for Ecological Education for Sustainable Development, Jun 26-27, 2014 – Moscow, Russia
XI International Colloquium, May 6-8, 2014 – Brasilia, Brazil
New Paradigm for Human Development, Apr 30, 2014 – Baku, Azerbaijan
Opportunities & Challenges for the 21st Century: Need for a New Paradigm, Sep 17-18, 2013 – Ottawa, Canada
Opportunities & Challenges for the 21st Century: Need for a New Paradigm, Sep 13-14, 2013 – Washington DC USA
Opportunities & Challenges for the 21st Century: Search for a New Paradigm, Jun 3, 2013 – United Nations Office at Geneva
The Role of Crisis in Social Evolution : Lessons from History, May 13, 2013 – Online
Impact of Science and Technology on Society and Economy, Mar 4-7, 2013 – Trieste, Italy
New Economic Theory, Nov 9-11, 2011 – WAAS General Assembly, Delhi, India
Inclusive Growth through Full Employment, Apr 23, 2010 – Online
Employment Guarantee Policies: Contributing to Pro-Poor Development, Promoting Gender Equality, Feb 9, 2010 – Online
Innovative Strategies for Financing Full Employment, Nov 21, 2009 – Online
The Blue Economy – 100 innovations – 100 Million Jobs – 10 Years, Nov 14, 2009 – Online
Full Employment & Employment Guarantees, Nov 10, 2009 – Online
Lists of Published Articles
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities, Valeriy V. Goncharov – September, 2020
Understanding Society: The Interplay of Reason and Emotion, Gerald Gutenschwager – September, 2020
From Limits to Growth to Unlimited Wellbeing: A Revolutionary’s Vision of Wealth and Welfare, Garry Jacobs, Ivo Šlaus – July, 2020
Transforming Our World: Necessary, Urgent, and Still Possible, Ivo Šlaus – June, 2020
Sustainable Finance, Frank Dixon – October, 2019
Income Distribution and Social Policy: Relevance for the Social Dimension of Sustainability, Estelle Herlyn, F. J. Radermacher – October, 2019
System Change Investing and the Sustainable Development Goals, Frank Dixon – May, 2019
Power and Climate Change Governance: Negative Power Externality and the Brazilian Commitment to the Paris Agreement, Danielle Sandi Pinheiro – May, 2019
The Leadership the World Needs, Ashok Natarajan – October, 2018
Unorthodox Thoughts on the Economic Crisis and the Dictum of Protagoras, Gerald Gutenschwager – May, 2018
Quest for a New Paradigm in Economics, Garry Jacobs et al. – May, 2017
NET Working Group Project Scope and Topic Outline – April, 2017
Money, Markets and Social Power, Garry Jacobs – May, 2016
The Market Myth, Tomas Bjorkman – May, 2016
EU between Monetarism and Keynesianism, Mladen Stanicic, Josip Sapunar – November, 2015
Introduction to the New Paradigm of Political Economic Theory, Winston Nagan – November, 2015
Changing the Dominant Paradigm in Economics, Maria Mollo – October, 2015
Uncorking the future: Transitions to a new paradigm, Garry Jacobs – May, 2015
Contours of New Economic Theory, Garry Jacobs – May, 2015
The need for a new paradigm in economics, Garry Jacobs – January, 2015
New Paradigm in the Service Economy – The Search of Economics for Scientific Credibility: In between Hard and Soft Sciences, Orio Giarini – October, 2014
Need for a New Economic Theory, Orio Giarini – March, 2014
Discussion of Some Elements of the “New Economy”, Yehuda Kahane – March, 2014
Facing uncertainty in the new economy, Orio Giarini – March, 2014
The Demographic Revolution: Reconceptualizing Macroeconomics, Orio Giarini – May, 2013
Steve Jobs: Nobel Laureate, Garry Jacobs – May, 2013
Multiplying Money, Garry Jacobs – May, 2013
Counter-Aging in the Post-industrial Society, Orio Giarini – October, 2012
The Power of Money, Garry Jacobs, Ivo Šlaus – October, 2012
On the Need for New Economic Foundations: A Critique on Mainstream Macroeconomics, Robert Hoffman – October, 2012
Crisis and Opportunities — A Manifesto for Change, Garry Jacobs, Ian Johnson – May, 2012
Great Transformations, Orio Giarini, Garry Jacobs, Ivo Šlaus – April, 2012
The Great Divorce: Finance and Economy, Orio Giarini, Garry Jacobs, Ivo Šlaus – April, 2012
Immediate Solution for the Greek Financial Crisis, Garry Jacobs, Ivo Šlaus – April, 2012
Economic Crisis & the Science of Economics, Orio Giarini, Garry Jacobs, Ivo Šlaus – April, 2012
Inclusive Growth: Why is it important for developing Asia?, Jesus Felipe – April, 2012
From Limits to Growth to Limitless Growth, Garry Jacobs, Ivo Šlaus – April, 2012
Rethinking Growth: The Need for a New Economics, Roberto Peccei – October, 2011
The Evolution of Wealth & Human Security: The Paradox of Value and Uncertainty, Orio Giarini, Garry Jacobs – October, 2011
Real Economies and the Illusions of Abstraction, Hazel Henderson – October, 2011
Science and Economics: The Case of Uncertainty & Disequilibrium, Orio Giarini – April, 2011
A Project on The Wealth of Nations Revisited, Ivo Šlaus, Garry Jacobs – October, 2010
Updating Macro-economics, Orio Giarini – October, 2010
Indicators of Economic Progress: The Power of Measurement and Human Welfare, Garry Jacobs, Ivo Šlaus – October, 2010
Human centered Economics, Garry Jacobs – April, 2010
Issues and Questions for a New Economics, Garry Jacobs – January, 2010
Creating new capital, Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Bernard Lietaer – January, 2010
The Service Economy: The Context For the New Welfare, Orio Giarini – July, 2005
A Slightly Contrarian Perspective on a Nuclear-Free World, John F. Gaski – September, 2020
The New Economy: A Financial Climate for Climate Finance, Yehuda Kahane – June, 2020
Emerging New Civilization Initiative (ENCI): Emergence from Emergency, Carlos Alvarez Pereira – October, 2019
Book Review of Come On!: A Report to the Club of Rome: New Frontiers, Michael Marien – May, 2018
Book Reviews – Global Systems Change: Six Linked Perspectives, Michael Marien – October, 2017
Greening Capitalism, Quietly: Seven Types of Organizations Driving the “Necessary Revolution”, Michael Marien, Michael Sales – June, 2017
Book Review: New Earth Politics: Essays from the Anthropocene Eds. Simon Nicholson and Sikina Jinnah, Michael Marien – May, 2017
Biopolicy—Creating Positive Momentum to Save Bios, Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis – April, 2017
Green Economy and Sustainable Development: The Latin American Scenario, Ione do Santos Velame, Joanílio Rodolpho Teixeira – April, 2017
Twelve Action Lines For a Better World, F.J. Radermacher – April, 2016
How to Finance our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Stefan Brunnhuber – October, 2015
Building a Caring Economy and Society, Riane Eisler – May, 2013
Path to a Just and Sustainable New Economy, David Korten – January, 2010
Is Globalisation Sustainable?, Pim Martens, Mohsin Raza – January, 2010
Eco-nomics: Are the Planet-Unfriendly Features of Capitalism Barriers to Sustainability?, Merrill Singer – January, 2010
Quantifying sustainability: Resilience, efficiency and the return of information theory, Bernard Lietaer et al. – November, 2008
Institutional Challenges to the Labor Market and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the light of a New Paradigm in Economic Thinking, Joanílio Rodolpho Teixeira – December, 2018
Social Power and Stabilization Strategies: A Case Study of Brazilian Troops Deployment in Haiti, Juliana Sandi Pinheiro, Danielle Sandi Pinheiro – December, 2018
Lifelong Learning: A Necessity in the Knowledge Society, Raoul Weiler – July, 2018
The Political Economy of Neoliberalism and Illiberal Democracy, Garry Jacobs – October, 2017
Building that Bridge over the Skills Gap, Janani Ramanathan – October, 2017
On Common Future Education – Presentation, Stefan Brunnhuber – November, 2015
Paradigm Shift Project Review – Presentation, Garry Jacobs – November, 2015
The Double Helix of Learning and Work, Orio Giarini, Mircea Malitza – October, 2015
Employment & the Unity of Social Sciences, Ivo Šlaus – May, 2015
The Double Helix of Learning and Work: Chapter 4 – The Knowledge Economy and Work, Orio Giarini, Mircea Malitza – May, 2015
A People-centred, Preventive Approach to Disaster Risk, Donato Kiniger-Passigli, Anna Biondi – February, 2015
The Double Helix of Learning and Work: Chapter 3 – I Work, Therefore I Am, Orio Giarini, Mircea Malitza – October, 2014
Youth Employment Forum – Presentation, Zbigniew Bochniarz – July, 2014
Prospects for Full Employment in Bosnia – Presentation, Garry Jacobs – July, 2014
Book Review: The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies, Michael Marien – May, 2014
Double Helix of Learning and Work, Orio Giarini, Mircea Malitza – April, 2014
The Double Helix of Learning and Work, Orio Giarini, Mircea Malitza – October, 2013
Integrated Strategies for global full employment – Presentation, Garry Jacobs – June, 2013
Integrated Strategies for global full employment, Garry Jacobs – June, 2013
An Aging Workforce: Employment Opportunities and Obstacles, Mirjana Radović-Marković – May, 2013
Global Employment Model – Presentation, Garry Jacobs – November, 2011
Global Employment Model, Garry Jacobs – November, 2011
Potential for Full Employment, Garry Jacobs – November, 2011
Global Prospects for Full Employment, Garry Jacobs, Ivo Šlaus – April, 2011
Employment Guarantee Policies, Rania Antonopoulos – November, 2010
Theory and Strategies for Full Employment, Ashok Natarajan – October, 2010
Human Rights and Employment, Winston Nagan – October, 2010
From Newtonian Economics to Full Employment: Need for new theory, Garry Jacobs – January, 2010
The Employment Dilemma: Report to the Club of Rome, Orio Giarini, Patrick Liedtke – June, 2005