Association of Critical Economics (AEC)

The Association of Critical Economics (AEC) was created in 2003 with a dual objective. On the one hand, to support the organization of the Critical Economics Conferences, which have been held biennially in the Spanish State since 1987, and which will celebrate their 20th edition in 2026. On the other hand, to sustain the Critical Economics Journal, which has been published semi-annually since 2003.

Today, almost four decades after its founding, and remaining faithful to the social and political commitment that inspired its creation, the AEC seeks to contribute to the development and dissemination of economic knowledge from diverse theoretical approaches, such as post-Keynesian economics, ecological economics, feminist economics, Marxist economics, and institutional economics, both within the university sphere of teaching and research and in its broader projection toward society as a whole.
Its ultimate goal is to integrate the various contributions that different approaches to economics have made to economic analysis, since only in this way can reality be better understood and explained and, therefore, an inclusive response be outlined to meet the demands of the current socio-ecological crisis. The AEC also strives to build bridges among all those who, from a critical perspective, wish to contribute to reversing the civilizational crisis we are experiencing, because only through cohesion and collective work can our voice gain strength.