This course will provide a grounding in the fundamentals of economic theory and policy from a unionist’s perspective.
2 Days
$429
Enhance your understanding of major economic concepts and arguments, theories of labour in the economy and alternative approaches to economic policy. This course will equip you with the knowledge you need to win the economic argument for industrial reform and the protection of workers’ rights.
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
What is the economy?
Key economic terms
Micro and macro economics
Measuring the economy
How capitalism works
Short history of capitalism
Tools and goals of neoliberalism
Demystifying capital
Work and production
Forms of work under capitalism
The asymmetry of the employment relationship
The global economy
Dimensions of globalisation
Comparative advantage theory
The real economy and the paper economy
Money, finance and banking
Causes of global financial crisis
The economy and the environment
Globalisation and climate change
The economics of green jobs
Challenging capitalism
Capitalism’s report card
Alternatives to neoliberalism
This course combines presentations from our expert facilitators along with discussion and group work to enable practical application to the workplace.
This course is delivered by economic specialists from the Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute; a research organisation focusing on labour economics, unions and collective bargaining, and employment issues.
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Please note, in order to enrol you must be either a: