Updates

  1. INET Swaps Research in Albany Times-Union

    Aug 11, 2018

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

  2. INET Welcomes Two Governing Board Members

    Aug 7, 2018

    Arminio Fraga and Richard Vague bring their economic expertise to INET

  3. New York Times Features INET Derivatives Research

    Jul 22, 2018

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

  4. Fast Company on INET Swaps Research

    Jul 2, 2018

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

  5. Forbes on INET's Jim Chanos Interview

    Jun 22, 2018

    Forbes cites our interview with Jim Chanos on Bitcoin

  6. Bloomberg Features INET Swaps Research

    Jun 19, 2018

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

  7. NPR: INET Report Says Banks Taking Risks with Swaps

    Jun 19, 2018

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

  8. CNBC on INET's Jim Chanos Interview

    Jun 5, 2018

    CNBC cites our interview with Jim Chanos on Bitcoin

  9. Marketwatch on INET's Jim Chanos Interview

    Jun 5, 2018

    Marketwatch cites our interview with Jim Chanos on Bitcoin

  10. Business Insider on INET's Jim Chanos Interview

    Jun 5, 2018

    Business Insider cites our interview with Jim Chanos on Bitcoin

  11. Quartz: Rob Johnson on George Soros's Plan for Europe

    Jun 4, 2018

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

  12. Prospect Magazine and Michael Sandel on "What Money Can't Buy"

    May 22, 2018

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

  13. The New Statesman: Michael Sandel on Populism and Democracy

    May 21, 2018

    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.

  14. In These Times: A Public Option in the Pharma Industry

    May 11, 2018

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

  15. Lynn Parramore on "The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen"

    May 9, 2018

    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.”

  16. The Boston Globe on "What Money Can't Buy"

    May 7, 2018

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

  17. Bloomberg Businessweek on "What Money Can't Buy"

    May 4, 2018

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

  18. Democracy Journal on INET's "What Money Can't Buy"

    May 1, 2018

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

  19. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: YSI webinar series on 'What Money Can't Buy' with Michael Sandel

    YSI

    May 1, 2018

    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.

  20. The Minskys Reviews "What Money Can't Buy"

    May 1, 2018

    “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.”

  21. Intellectual Property Watch: Patents Without Examination

    Apr 30, 2018

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

  22. Bloomberg: Why Innovation Tends to Bypass Mainstream Economics

    Apr 30, 2018

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

  23. Times Now News: America has been afflicted by an ideology that doesn’t work, says Joseph Stiglitz

    Apr 30, 2018

    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.

  24. Chicago Booth Review: Globalization is close to its ‘holy cow’ moment

    Apr 30, 2018

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

  25. "Why We Argue" Talks About What Money Can't Buy

    Apr 26, 2018

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

  26. Quartz Reviews "What Money Can't Buy"

    Apr 25, 2018

    “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?”

  27. Richard Eskow Interviews Lynn Parramore

    Apr 24, 2018

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

  28. CNN: Democrats Plan Crackdown on Booming Stock Buybacks

    Mar 21, 2018

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

  29. CNN: Are Stock Buybacks Deepening America's Inequality?

    Mar 5, 2018

    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.

  30. CNN: Tax cut scoreboard: Workers $6 billion; Shareholders $171 billion

    Feb 16, 2018

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

  31. Le Monde: L’impact des dons sur les résultats électoraux est un sujet central En savoir plus sur

    Feb 15, 2018

    Julia Cagé explains the impact of money on French elections

  32. Washington Post: Don’t Let Pay Increases Coming Out of Tax Reform Fool You

    Feb 6, 2018

    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.

  33. Euractiv: Champion of ‘helicopter money’ questions universal basic income

    Nov 14, 2017

    “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”

  34. BBC World Service Interviews CGET Commissioners Rob Johnson and Winnie Byanyima

    Nov 10, 2017

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

  35. BBC World Service Interviews CGET Commissioners Rob Johnson and Winnie Byanyima

    Nov 10, 2017

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

  36. Deutsche Welle: Can we avoid another financial crisis?

    Oct 26, 2017

    “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.”

  37. Euractiv: Oxfam chief: ‘We also feel the lack of trust among citizens’

    Oct 24, 2017

    “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.”

  38. Bloomberg: Inequality Is Biggest Danger for Global Growth, Warn Top Economists

    Oct 24, 2017

    Bloomberg highlights INET’s new Commission for Global Economic Transformation

  39. Inequality Is Biggest Danger for Global Growth, Warn Top Economists (Bloomberg News)

    Oct 24, 2017

    This article originally appeared on Bloomberg

  40. Euractiv: Catalonia, a viable independent state?

    Oct 23, 2017

    “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.”

  41. Bloomberg: Sturgeon Urges May to Shut Out Brexit Hardliners and Get a Deal

    Oct 23, 2017

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

  42. CommonSpace: Nobel prize-winning economist makes the case for Scottish independence in the EU

    Oct 23, 2017

    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

  43. Institute for New Economic Thinking uses Edinburgh conference to unveil new initiative to 'transform' global economy (Business Insider UK)

    Oct 23, 2017

    This article originally appeared on insider.co.uk

  44. The Edinburgh Reporter: Call for green investment to transform Scotland’s economy

    Oct 23, 2017

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

  45. Bloomberg: Nobel Laureates Stiglitz, Spence Lead New Group to Tackle World's Economic Woes

    Oct 22, 2017

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

  46. Nobel laureates Joseph Stiglitz and Michael Spence head commission to tackle problems of global economy (Sunday Times)

    Oct 22, 2017

    This article originally appeared in The Sunday Times of London

  47. Nobel Laureates to Co-Chair Independent Commission on Global Economy

    Oct 22, 2017

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

  48. The Edinburgh Reporter: Sturgeon opens conference in Edinburgh

    Oct 21, 2017

    “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”

  49. Nobel Laureates Stiglitz, Spence Lead New Group to Tackle World's Economic Woes (Bloomberg News)

    Oct 21, 2017

    This article originally appeared on Bloomberg

  50. ECINEQ 2017 | 19 July Gala Dinner in honor of Tony Atkinson

    May 10, 2017

    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. 

  51. Hungary Is Facing Dangerous Amendments to Its Education Law

    Apr 3, 2017

    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.

  52. CALL FOR PAPERS: Law, Economics & Public Policy

    Jun 28, 2016

    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.

  53. CALL FOR PAPERS: Towards Pluralism in Macroeconomics?

    Jun 23, 2016

    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.

  54. James Heckman honored for his research on poverty

    Feb 23, 2016

    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.

  55. Adair Turner Oxford Book Launch

    Nov 30, 2015

    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).

  56. Central Bank & Monetary Policy After the Global Financial Crisis

    Debt

    Sep 25, 2015

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

  57. Creating Flourishing Lives: The Dynamics of Capability Formation

    Sep 16, 2015

    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.

  58. Institute Grantee James K. Galbraith Wins 2014 Leontief Prize

    Nov 10, 2013

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

  59. The Philosophy of Economics: The Institute Kicks Off Event in China

    Sep 7, 2013

    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.

  60. Understanding Money: Free Course Produced by the Institute for New Economic Thinking!

    Sep 1, 2013

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

  61. Interlinkages and Systemic Risk: Institute-sponsored Conference in Italy on July 4-5

    Jul 2, 2013

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

  62. Restoring Accountable Governance

    Jun 3, 2013

    Collective Action When Market Forces Overwhelm the Nation State

  63. Institute Grantee Vamsi Vakulabharanam Wins Amartya Sen Award for ‘Distinguished Social Scientists’ in India

    May 12, 2013

    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).

  64. Forging an East-West Dialogue at INET Hong Kong

    Apr 14, 2013

    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.

  65. A slipping taboo

    Apr 11, 2013

    The Economist profiles INET’s Hong Kong conference

  66. Complex Networks in Finance: Nature Physics Journal on Financial Complexity

    Mar 19, 2013

    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?

  67. Between Free and Forced Labor

    Feb 25, 2013

    An innovative new paper by INET grantee Suresh Naidu

  68. IKE Co-founder Michael Goldberg Awarded Todd H. Crockett Professor of Economics

    Feb 18, 2013

    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.

  69. Adair Turner: How Do We Get Out of This Mess?

    Feb 5, 2013

    Turner’s speech at the UK Financial Services Authority

  70. What is Shadow Banking?

    Feb 4, 2013

    ft. INET’s Perry Mehrling

  71. Markets Should Serve Society

    Jan 28, 2013

    What is the purpose of markets?

  72. INET and World Economic Forum to Collaborate on Future of Economics

    Jan 21, 2013

    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.

  73. The Future of Greece and the Euro Zone Event, January 24th

    Jan 16, 2013

    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.

  74. Rethinking Expectations: The Way Forward for Macroeconomics

    Jan 15, 2013

    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).

  75. US Economy on Cliff's Edge: INET's Rob Johnson on the Fiscal Cliff

    Dec 30, 2012

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

  76. The Future of Economics: Bruce Caldwell on History and the Dismal Science

    Dec 10, 2012

    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.

  77. Saving Economics from the Economists

    Dec 7, 2012

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

  78. FT Names INET Co-founder Janeway's Book One of the Best of 2012

    Dec 3, 2012

    Doing Capitalism in the Innovative Economy

  79. Big business has corrupted economics

    Nov 26, 2012

    You know the country is in a financial mess when even establishment figures such as Rachel Lomax are calling for revolutionary thinking

  80. INET Hiring Postdoctoral Fellows

    Nov 18, 2012

    The Institute for New Economic Thinking has openings for 2-4 Postdoctoral Fellows in New York City.

  81. Soros Honored by National Association for Business Economics for Role in Founding INET

    Oct 15, 2012

    INET co-founder George Soros has been awarded the Adam Smith Award by the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), an association of business economists.

  82. Are the dollar’s days as a reserve currency numbered?

    Oct 8, 2012

    a lack of US growth may lead to a fall in the dollar’s popularity, and the result could be a global liquidity shortage.

  83. Are Eurobonds Necessary?

    Sep 29, 2012

    A Response to the INET Euro Council Report

  84. INET Council Member Expresses Shock at Financial “Betrayal” in Europ

    Sep 28, 2012

    Euro Crisis Report

  85. INET Co-founder William H. Janeway Awarded CBE by Her Majesty the Queen

    Sep 23, 2012

    INET co-founder William H. Janeway has been granted the honorary award of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services in education and for his support of the University of Cambridge.

  86. Cracks in the German Economic Orthodoxy: Is Economic Theory Detached From Reality?

    Sep 17, 2012

    New economic thinking is creating change in Germany.

  87. INET’s Rob Johnson on CNBC: “Inequality has been there a long time and growing rapidly”

    Sep 16, 2012

    Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the start of the Occupy movement, and INET Executive Director Rob Johnson went on CNBC to discuss the significance of the milestone.

  88. Europe’s Real Deficit Is Trust

    Sep 12, 2012

    While Europe faces the specter of overwhelming debt, another deficit lies at the heart of the inability to find a solution: a deficit of trust.

  89. Soros To Germany: Lead or Leave

    Sep 9, 2012

    INET co-founder George Soros is calling on Germany to lead Europe out of its economic doldrums or get out of monetary union altogether.

  90. Felix Salmon: Curb High-Frequency Trading and End the Stock Market “War Zone”

    Aug 13, 2012

    When Felix Salmon looks at the global equities market he sees a world of free-for-all electronic warfare that likely would be more recognizable to Isaac Asimov than Milton Friedman.

  91. 'Economists at Fault for Recent Crises': An Interview with the Bank of England's Andy Haldane

    Aug 7, 2012

    In a recent interview, INET Advisory Board member and Executive Director for Financial Stability at the Bank of EnglandAndy Haldane took aim at the economics profession.

  92. Ben Bernanke to Economists: More Philosophy, Please

    Aug 6, 2012

    This week Bernanke spoke to the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, and, as Bloomberg Businessweek notes, he was singing a different tune.

  93. Deleveraging Redfined - Part 2: Martin Wolf on the Least-Bad Alternative

    Aug 1, 2012

    “You can’t get out of debt by adding more debt.”

  94. Deleveraging Redefined: Martin Wolf Explains “That Sinking Feeling”

    Jul 31, 2012

    How to explain the current recession facing the US and the world? Does so-called “austerian” logic provide the solution? Or is it doing more harm than good?

  95. How to save the financial system from itself?

    Jul 16, 2012

    what role central bankers should play to bring the needed change>

  96. Leading European Economists Support Banking Union

    Jul 9, 2012

    In support of a European Banking Union, Done Properly: A Manifesto by Economists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

  97. Is the Economy Sustainable?

    Jul 4, 2012

    How will climate change influence economic sustainability?

  98. An Economic Manifesto

    Jul 1, 2012

    Are we doomed to repeat the past? Even when we know better? Or do we not know better even when we should?

  99. BRIC Buddies – China and Brazil Agree to Currency Swap

    Jun 26, 2012

    In a show of good faith between two rising economic powers, China and Brazil have agreed to a bilateral currency swap.

  100. German Orthodoxy Starting to See the Need for New Economic Thinking

    Jun 25, 2012

    While German economic policy makers continue to cling to neoclassical economic approaches, an increasing number of prominent economic figures are starting to accept the failure of orthodox theories to address the current crisis and are expressing the need to rethink fundamental economic concepts.