Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Is there really an empirical turn in economics?
The idea that economics has recently gone through an empirical turn –that it went from theory to data– is all over the place. I argue that this transformation has been oversimplified and mischaracterized.
The Private Debt Crisis
Who Has Space for Renewables?
Estimated space requirements for solar energy sufficient to power the entire world are reassuringly trivial, at 0.5-1% of global land area. For individual countries however, the challenges vary greatly, reflecting dramatic differences in population density.
Why Corporate CEO Pay is Routinely Undercounted
An Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper by William Lazonick and Matt Hopkins reveals that much reporting on executive pay relies on systems of measurement that underreport real compensation