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We are economists and thinkers from a range of disciplines who challenge conventional wisdom and advance ideas to better serve society.

Research

We develop research that challenges economic orthodoxy and serves society.

Articles

Commentary, analysis, interviews, and research summaries by INET-affiliated writers.

Video

Interviews, presentations and video series with provocative economic thinkers, public figures and students.

Podcast

Economics and Beyond with Rob Johnson, a podcast featuring interviews with some of the world’s most important thinkers, artists, and activists about the pressing issues of our time. The podcast is also available on all major podcasting platforms, such as Apple, Spotify, Google, and Podbean.

Education

Video series and courses for students and educators interested in exploring new economic thinking.

Events

To foster new economic thinking, we host convenings that gather together a diverse community of thinkers from different fields, countries, and schools of thought.

YSI

Through the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), INET provides support to students, young professionals, or others who embrace new and critical ways of thinking about the economy. YSI fosters conversation among those who wish to engage with new economic thinking and connects young scholars to the Institute’s vast network of economists.

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Articles

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

Article

U.S. Borrowers Still Pay More Than What’s Fair

By Orsola Costantini

Apr 19, 2019

Low interest rate policy can only do so much to bring the relief to American borrowers that they deserve: past monetary policies, credit market regulations and stagnant labor productivity growth all get in the way. Interest rate policy activism is part of the problem, not the solution.

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Can Antitrust Law Rein in Facebook’s Data-Mining Profit Machine?

By Dina Srinivasan

Apr 17, 2019

Article

How to Ruin a Country in Three Decades

By Servaas Storm

Apr 10, 2019

Article

A Belief in Meritocracy Is Not Only False: It’s Bad for You

By Clifton Mark

Apr 2, 2019

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INET to G20: Bank Regulation Can't Be Heads Banks Win, Tails Taxpayers Lose

By Thomas Ferguson

Mar 28, 2019

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Can Markets Corrode Relationships?

Mar 25, 2019

Article

Why We Need Diversity and Pluralism in Economics, Part II

By Orsola Costantini and Giulia Zacchia

Mar 22, 2019

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Krishna Bharadwaj, the Torchbearer of Economics

By Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

Mar 21, 2019

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Is MMT “America First” Economics?

By Gerald Epstein

Mar 20, 2019

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Technology: From Copycats to Innovators

By Richard Vague

Mar 19, 2019

Richard Vague looks at what it’ll take for the U.S. to win the R&D race

Article

Populism, Trump, and the Future of Democracy

By Michael Sandel

Mar 15, 2019

The most popular political philosopher of his generation on liberal responsibility worldwide for the rise of the hard right

Article

Better Labor Standards Must Underpin the Future of Work

By Richard Samans

Mar 14, 2019

Article

Why Economists Failed as “Experts”—and How to Make Them Matter Again

Mar 12, 2019

Article

Diversity and Excellence: Not A Zero Sum Game

By Besiana Balla, Devika Dutt, Naomi Friedman-Sokuler, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, Jenny Tue Anh Nguyen, Lilian Rolim, and Reinhard Schumacher

Mar 11, 2019

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Why We Need Diversity and Pluralism in Economics, Part I

By Orsola Costantini and Giulia Zacchia

Mar 8, 2019