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Economics can either fuel conflict or pave the way to lasting peace, the choice is ours.
Featuring James K. Boyce
As artificial intelligence reshapes our economy, policymakers must act swiftly to prevent a winner-take-all scenario in the rapidly evolving market for AI foundation models.
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Economics can either fuel conflict or pave the way to lasting peace, the choice is ours.
Featuring James K. Boyce
Article | History
The Deutschmark’s Real Father? A Jewish American Written Out of History.
In a fresh release from INET’s book series with Cambridge University Press, renowned German economic historian Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich uncovers the startling truth behind German currency reform usually hailed as the foundation of the post-war German economic miracle: Ludwig Erhard, who cooperated with the Nazis, unjustly claimed the spotlight, overshadowing the real architect, Edward Tenenbaum.
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Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity
In honor of the just-announced Nobel Prize in Economics for Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson, we re-post an Economics and Beyond podcast episode from last year, featuring Johnson, discussing Johnson and Acemoglu’s latest book, Power and Progress.
Featuring Simon Johnson, Rob Johnson, and Daron Acemoglu
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If we want durable peace, we need to look for more than just economic expansion.
Featuring James K. Boyce
Podcasts | Government & Politics, Inequality & Distribution
The Other Dangerous Supremacy: Wealth Supremacy
Working Paper | Business & Industry, Technology & Innovation
Concentrating Intelligence: Scaling and Market Structure in Artificial Intelligence
By Anton Korinek and Jai Vipra
Article | Macroeconomics
The Fed and the “Soft Landing” - Policy or Luck?
By Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm
Article | Business & Industry, Government & Politics, Health
By William Lazonick and Öner Tulum
Article | Macroeconomics
The biggest factor in accounting for the strength in the economy is the continuing importance of the wealth effect in sustaining consumption by the affluent.
By Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm
Article | Business & Industry, Government & Politics, Health
By William Lazonick and Öner Tulum
Article | Business & Industry, Technology & Innovation
Video
If we are to work toward a better future, we must look beyond the surface, and understand the multifaceted reality of China’s ascent in the global arena.
Featuring Yuen Yuen Ang
Working Paper | Business & Industry, Technology & Innovation
The decisions we make now about the governance of AI will have profound implications for the future of our economy and society.
By Anton Korinek and Jai Vipra
A major factor in the decline of inflation is the simple fact that America’s workers were, in general, unable to raise their nominal wages in line with the rise in the cost of living
By Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm
Working Paper | Finance, Government & Politics, Health
Medicare negotiators need to have a deep understanding - both theoretical and empirical - of the learning processes involved in developing a drug to negotiate a price that is fair.
By Öner Tulum and William Lazonick
Working Paper | Business & Industry, Technology & Innovation
As the “Technoking” of Tesla strategizes to maintain his control over the company’s decision-making, anyone concerned with the role that Tesla will play in the evolving EV transition should be asking how CEO Musk might use, or abuse, his powerful position.
By Matt Hopkins and William Lazonick
Working Paper | Business & Industry, History
By 1812 the U.S. already had more business corporations than any other country, and possibly more than all other countries put together, securing its role as the world’s first “corporation nation.”
By Richard Sylla and Robert E. Wright
Working Paper | Health, Technology & Innovation
Sensitivity of investment and valuation to drug price indices and market conditions
By Cody Hyman, Henry Dao, Gregory Vaughan, and Fred Ledley
Feb 24, 2025
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