Institute for Economic Justice

Episode Three - Arguments for a rights-based economics

In Episode Three of our Economics and Human Rights podcast series, the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) reflects on the reasons why human rights activists haven't pointedly and consistently focused on economic policy; reasons why applying a human rights framework to economics and economic policy would be so powerful and compelling; the challenges of bringing economists and human rights advocates together; the value of activists applying a human rights lens to government budgets; an overview of feminist economics and its value in assessing and informing economic policy and budgets; and the intersections of feminist economics and a human rights based economics approach. 

Episode Two - The absence of a human rights approach in mainstream economics

In this episode the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) reflects on the discipline of economics and some of its problems; the approach of mainstream economics to human rights and inequality; the need to rethink economics; and the role human rights can play in shifting economic thinking.
In this episode, hosted by Carilee Osborne, we hear from IEJ Rethinking Economics Project Lead, Bandile Ngidi, IEJ Director, Dr Gilad Isaacs, IEJ alumni, Busi Sibeko, the Editor of Maverick Citizen, Mark Heywood, a member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Professor Sandy Liebenberg, Professor Diane Elsonand Professor Pundy Pillay.

Episode One - South Africa’s socio-economic rights framework and macroeconomic policy

The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) reflects on the development of South Africa's post-apartheid Constitution and its socio-economic rights-based framework and uses this framework to assess the country's macroeconomic policy trajectory.
The episode further covers austerity and its impacts; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR); and the findings of the latter on South Africa's current social and economic policies.
In this episode, hosted by Carilee Osborne, we hear from IEJ Director, Dr Gilad Isaacs, IEJ alum, Busi Sibeko, Mark Heywood and Professor Sandy Liebenberg.