About

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.

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The man who will not win the Nobel

Oct 9, 2014

Last Spring Larry Summers wounded Thomas Piketty in a friendly embrace.

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Development and Underdevelopment in Postwar Europe

By Michele Alacevich

Oct 1, 2014

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The torch that wouldn't burn - UCLA in 1968

Sep 29, 2014

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New Research Shows Pollution Inequality in America is Even Worse Than Income Inequality

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 28, 2014

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The Flummery of Capital-Requirement Repairs Since The Crisis

By Edward J. Kane

Sep 15, 2014

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To Boost Investment, End SEC Rule Encouraging Buybacks

By William Lazonick

Sep 14, 2014

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All Together Now?: Inequality and Growth in US Metro Areas

By Chris Benner

Sep 10, 2014

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How to Make Economics Students More Critical and Adaptive Thinkers?

Aug 14, 2014

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What's Holding Back Reform in Economics?

Jul 31, 2014

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Pasinetti on Institutional Forces and the Discipline of Economics

By Thomas Ferguson

Jul 29, 2014

Ever since 2008, increasing numbers of economists, students, and even market professionals have protested the way economics is currently taught and practiced.

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Destabilizing A Stable Crisis

By Matheus Grasselli

Jul 28, 2014

Readers of Minsky are familiar with the idea that governments should act as financial stabilizing agents for their economies by running surpluses in times of boom and deficits in times of crises.

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Top incomes and the glass ceiling

By Tony Atkinson

Jul 17, 2014

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Self-Control and Public Pensions

By Pier-André Bouchard St-Amant

Jul 13, 2014

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HES 2014: It made a happy man very old!

Jul 1, 2014

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The Nature of Invention

By Eric Beinhocker

Jun 26, 2014