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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

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Learning from Karl Polanyi

Apr 9, 2015

The old political-economic thinking of Karl Polanyi was never properly absorbed into “mainstream” North Atlantic economics: recognizing that land, labor, and finance are not really “commodities” returns institutions and social processes to the center of economic analysis.

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Can Democracy Survive Aggressive Global Capitalism?

Mar 6, 2015

Rana Dasgupta shares his view of the contradictions and tensions of India’s economic and political scenes.

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By the Way, Why Does the History of the JEL Codes Matter ?

Dec 21, 2014

Full paper is here. Comments are much welcome.And because it’s an epic story (and because I suck at writing abstracts), here is an audio trailer. I thank Paul for his beautiful Memphis accent.

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Adam Smith's first - and last! - book: what rational choice?

Oct 18, 2014

I was going to call this blog post ‘Utility maximising agents in Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments’ but realised that was much too dull - even if it accurately describes my bedtime reading at the present moment.