Cowdery brings his expertise in business, foundations, and publishing to INET

The Intercept highlights INET research from Enno Schröder and Servaas Storm and Gregor Semieniuk, Lance Taylor, and Armon Rezai

The Independent profiles INET Chairman Adair Turner

William Lazonick’s INET research is featured in his New York Times op-ed

Jacobin Magazine’s Q&A with Tom Ferguson about his new INET paper.

Real News Network interviews INET Research Director Tom Ferguson about his new paper on money and the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

INET Research Director Tom Ferugson talks about Donald Trump and racial resentment with Ian Masters’s Background Briefing

The Intercept covers a new INET paper from our Research Director Tom Ferguson and his co-authors.

Jacobin Magazine features research from INET Research Director Tom Ferguson and co-authors on big business support for Donald Trump in the 2016 campaign.

Nobel laureate James Heckman, Sidharth Moktan and their INET-funded research on economics journals is featured in The Economist.

In a piece for The Intercept, Noam Chomsky cites Tom Ferguson’s paper on the influence of money in US congressional elections.

INET President Rob Johnson appears on Background Briefing with Ian Masters to discuss the tenth anniversary of the bailout

Nobel laureate James Heckman, Sidharth Moktan and their INET-funded research on economics journals is featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. …This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not before.” This YSI Webinar and Reading Group aims to contribute to the historicization of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and its repercussions.

What would global trade without the U.S. at the helm look like? INET Global Commissioner Danny Quah investigates.

INET Oxford’s Brian Nolan writes on his new book for VoxEU

INET Chairman Adair Turner reflects on the 2008 financial crisis on Bloomberg TV

The American Prospect highlights William Lazonick’s INET paper on US Pharma’s Financialized Business Model.

WNYC interviews Michael Greenberger about his INET paper on the unregulated derivatives market, and the threat it poses to the global financial system

The Washington Post cites William Lazonick’s INET paper on shareholder value

Vox cites William Lazonick’s INET paper on shareholder value

Sheila Dow and Antonella Stirati bring their scholarly expertise to INET’s research advisory group

Zephyr Teachout and Morris Pearl cite Michael Greenberger’s INET paper in an op-ed in the Albany Times Union

Arminio Fraga and Richard Vague bring their economic expertise to INET

The New York Times features Michael Greenberger’s INET paper on how banks evade derivatives regulation

Fast Company covers Michael Greenberger’s paper for INET on how banks evade regulation of credit default swaps

Forbes cites our interview with Jim Chanos on Bitcoin

Bloomberg covers Michael Greenberger’s paper for INET on how banks evade regulation of credit default swaps

NPR’s All Things Considered features Michael Greenberger’s INET Working Paper on how banks evade credit default swaps regulation

CNBC cites our interview with Jim Chanos on Bitcoin

Marketwatch cites our interview with Jim Chanos on Bitcoin

Business Insider cites our interview with Jim Chanos on Bitcoin

Quartz features INET President Rob Johnson on INET Co-Founder George Soros’s plan to save the EU

Michael Sandel sits down with Prospect Magazine to discuss “What Money Can’t Buy.”

Michael Sandel takes What Money Can’t Buy’s themes of markets and morals and applies them to an analysis of the rise of populism in the West.

In These Times cites INET research in calling for putting drug companies under public control.

Lynn Parramore discusses her INET articles, “America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People,” and “The Corporate Plan to Groom US Kids for Servitude by Wiping out Public Schools.”

The Boston Globe sits down with Michael Sandel for a Q&A on “What Money Can’t Buy”

Bloomberg Businessweek talks to Michael Sandel about whether markets are the problem or solution to social problems.

Michael Sandel sits down with Jack Meserve of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas to discuss his INET series, What Money Can’t Buy.

To mark the release of INET’s “What Money Can’t Buy” with professor Michael Sandel, the YSI Philosophy of Economics Working Group and and Finance, Law and Economics Working Group invite young scholars working on issues related to the core issues in Michael Sandel’s lectures to present their work in a series of webinars. Professor Sandel will join the webinars to answer questions about the topics raised in his book, the video lectures and to give comment on the presentations.

“Against the backdrop of a society that rarely questions the perceived superiority of ‘market-based’ solutions, Michael Sandel skillfully explores the intersection between markets and morality. In a six-part video series, Sandel teaches viewers a very important lesson: in practice, there is no consensus on what a free market is, and what outcomes are optimal.”

INET Senior Economist Arjun Jayadev and Dean Baker explore the patent system of Brazil, and its implications for developing countries.

The discipline is divorced from real-world relevance and has lost credibility, writes INET Global Commissioner Mohamed A. El-Erian 

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, in an exclusive interview with timesnownews.com, talks about what is wrong with current American capitalism, rise of a new kind of politics emerging from dissent towards government and more. Here are some excerpts from the interview.

Richard Baldwin writes on why we must rethink our outdated ideas about international trade.

Michael Sandel joins philosopher Robert B. Talisse for a discussion of markets and morals.

“The video series stems from Sandel’s conviction that the world needs to have more public debates about a pressing issue: What is the proper role of markets in a democratic society?”

“The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow” talks to Lynn Parramore about her INET piece on public education.

INET grantee William Lazonick explains why Sen. Tammy Baldwin is proposing to ban stock buybacks.

One of Wall Street’s favorite tools could be deepening the growing chasm between America’s rich and poor, according to INET grantee William Lazonick.

INET grantee William Lazonick explains how the Trump tax cut is resulting in buybacks on Wall Street and bonuses for CEOs

Julia Cagé explains the impact of money on French elections

In their op-ed in the Washington Post, INET grantee William Lazonick and Rick Wartzman show how companies are spending their tax savings on investors, not workers.

“As chair of Britain’s Financial Services Authority, Adair Turner saw the collapse of the financial system firsthand. In the aftermath of the crisis, he became one of the main advocates of helicopter money – but today he doubts if universal basic income is the best way to address growing inequality. Adair Turner spoke with EURACTIV’s Jorge Valero during INET’s conference held in Edinburgh (Scotland”

Why the solution to global inequality may actually be the revival of old school policies such as public education and organised labour rights.

Why the solution to global inequality may actually be the revival of old school policies such as public education and organised labour rights.

“Economist Steve Keen specializes in researching how private and public debt mountains arise and generate financial crises. In an interview with DW, he explains how the ECB could solve the problem — but probably won’t.”

“Winnie Byanyima believes it is high time to come up with fresh thinking in the world of politics and economy. But first, deeper self-criticism is needed across the board because all fields, including the NGO sector, are affected by a lack of trust from citizens.”

Bloomberg highlights INET’s new Commission for Global Economic Transformation

This article originally appeared on Bloomberg

“Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz tells EURACTIV.com that the region would be accepted in the EU and therefore become a viable independent economy if it applied, but the former chair of the UK’s Financial Services Authority Adair Turner disagrees.”

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon quoted by Bloomberg at INET’s Reawakening conference in Edinburgh

Commission on Global Economic Transformation member Joseph Stiglitz argues that an independent Scotland in the EU would “resolve a lot of the uncertainties” of Brexit at INET’s Reawakening conference in Edinburgh

This article originally appeared on insider.co.uk

INET Chairman Adair Turner and Grantee Mariana Mazzucato comment on the Friends of the Earth Scotland event and a green economic transition.

Stiglitz speaks to Bloomberg about INET’s Commission on Global Economic Transformation

This article originally appeared in The Sunday Times of London

Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Spence and a global team of leading thinkers are calling for new thinking & new rules for the world economy

“First Minister Nicola Sturgeon opened a conference attended by some of the world’s leading economists in Edinburgh earlier today explaining some of the economic challenges Scotland faces”

This article originally appeared on Bloomberg

On behalf of the Host Committee, we are writing to offer some further information about the “Gala Dinner”, which will take place on the evening of 19 July, following the final session of the 2017 ECINEQ Conference. The dinner will be held at a restaurant near the conference venue. 

The Institute for New Economic Thinking, a global network of distinguished economists, is deeply concerned by the news of proposed legislation in Hungary’s National Assembly that would prevent the free functioning of the Central European University.

The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in collaboration with the Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET) are organising India’s first “Law Economic Policy Conference (LPEC 2016)”. The aim is to bring together economic, legal and policy thinkers together to consider policy issues in a holistic manner.

The deadline for submission of paper proposals and complete sessions for the 20th FMM conference is approaching: 30 June 2016. Proposals (extended abstracts, max. 400 words) have to be submitted electronically via this web application. Please find more information in the Call for Papers.

Nobel laureate James Heckman is one of this year’s recipients of the Dan David Prize, an international honor which encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research, for his scholarship on poverty.

Lord Adair Turner visited the Oxford Martin Lecture Theatre on Tuesday 24 November for a well-attended INET Oxford event launching his latest book ‘Between Debt and the Devil: Money, Credit, and Fixing Global Finance’ (Princeton University Press).

Join Columbia University Dean Merit E. Janow for a talk by Lord Adair Turner, Chairman, Institute for New Economic Thinking.

Professor Heckman was invited to speak at the HDCA 2015 Conference as the keynote speaker for the Amartya Sen Lecture. The presentation offered recent research on the economics of creating flourishing lives, discussing the importance of cognitive skills, character skills and health.

Institute for New Economic Thinking grantee James K. Galbraith will be awarded the 2014 Leontief Prize.

Economic theories that have been predominant over the past few decades have broken down, and we now have to start creating a new economics that reflects the realities of today.

The course explores how money markets they work, in the U.S. and internationally.

The Institute have organized a Workshop on “Interlinkages and Systemic Risk” in Ancona, Italy that will take place on July 4th and 5th.

Collective Action When Market Forces Overwhelm the Nation State

Dr. Vamsi Vakulabharanam, an associate professor of economics at the University of Hyderabad and a grantee of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, has won the prestigious Amartya Sen Award, a newly instituted honor given by the Indian Council for Social Sciences Research (ICSSR).

A three-day conference, hosted by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, the Fung Global Institute and the Centre for International Governance Innovation, has drawn to a close.

The Economist profiles INET’s Hong Kong conference

Why Nature Physics has released an issue focusing on physicists and economists considering the state-of-the-art in the application of network science to finance?

An innovative new paper by INET grantee Suresh Naidu

Michael Goldberg was awarded last week the Todd H. Crockett Professor of Economics at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire.

Turner’s speech at the UK Financial Services Authority

ft. INET’s Perry Mehrling

What is the purpose of markets?

The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) and the World Economic Forum today announced plans for closer collaboration to foster new approaches to economic thinking.

On January 24 2013, the Workers’ Rights Student Coalition at Columbia Law School will host an INET-sponsored evening with top political leadership from SYRIZA, Greece’s dominant opposition party and anticipated next government, to discuss the challenges facing Greece and the euro zone and SYRIZA’s plans for reform.

INET is pleased to announce that Roman Frydman, Chair of INET’s Program on Imperfect Knowledge Economics, has published a book with Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel laureate and Director of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University, Rethinking Expectations: The Way Forward for Macroeconomics (Princeton University Press).

What it will mean for the U. S. economy to go over the “fiscal cliff.”?

Your average economics textbook presents the neat image of a discipline with many useful conceptual paradigms for viewing the world. But it almost never gives any sense of how these ideas developed.

The degree to which economics is isolated from the ordinary business of life is extraordinary and unfortunate.

Doing Capitalism in the Innovative Economy