Hello everyone, welcome to the second class, Introduction to Diverse Economies. 

Please note that the class will be broken into two groups again. Only one group will be in the classroom at a time. 

The first group will begin at 2:45 PM by watching a series of video interviews with Katherine Gibson and summarize each interview segment in a sentence or two. These students will watch the videos outside the classroom. If you don’t have access to a computer or would prefer to watch the videos at another time, you have until Sunday the 19th to send your work here. Then, at 4:15 PM, this group will come to the classroom to discuss the readings. 

The second group will begin by coming to the classroom (at 2:45 PM) and discuss the first chapter of the Handbook of Diverse Economies. Please make sure you read the chapter before coming to class. Then, at 4:15, we will switch groups – the group that was in class with me will watch the video interviews and summarize them. 

Here are the links to the videos:

What is a diverse economy? 

Why is the economy performative? 

What is the language of a diverse economy? 

How is an iceberg a good metaphor for the economy? 

What does it mean to take back the economy? 

What’s the problem with capitalism? 

How can we take back food systems? 

How can we think ethically about the economy? 

What was the Beyond Capitalism conference?

Here is what we will be doing in the classroom:

1 – Check-in and updates

2 – Reading Discussion

• What is a diverse economy perspective? 

• Theoretical groundings

Capitalist class process
Economic determinism
Empirical realism
Overdetermination
Performative economies

• Critical thinking strategies

Capitalocentrism
Strong theory
Deconstruction
Weak theory
Thick descriptive inventory

• Inventory as a strategy for opening up the economy

Wage labour
Commodities
Markets
Business
Iceberg

• Diverse economies

Enterprise
Labour
Transactions
Property
Finance

• Power/Scale/(UN)Desirability

Power
Scale 
Desirability

• Refocusing on Ethical Action

Wealth distribution
Livelihood and well-being
Access to property
Present and future security
Subjects
Methods