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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.

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Roiling India Politics Risks Economic Reforms

Jan 24, 2014

India’s economic leaders are determined to rein in skyrocketing inflation, but the country’s volatile political landscape may prevent reforms from taking hold.

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Capital Markets Balkanization Should Not Prevent Regulation

Jan 13, 2014

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When is a Bubble a Bubble?

By Marshall Auerback

Jan 11, 2014

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Modeling a World of Imperfect Knowledge

By Elham Saeidinezhad

Dec 21, 2013

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Solomonic Judgment vs. Sophists, Economists and Calculators [1] [2]

By Raphaële Chappe

Dec 12, 2013

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Our Hansen Moment

By Elham Saeidinezhad

Dec 5, 2013

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In which MIT decided to teach micro first so as to make economics more relevant

By Beatrice Cherrier

Dec 4, 2013

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Mature history of economics

Dec 1, 2013

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[PART 1] U.S. Current Account Deficits and German Surpluses: The Role of Income Distribution in Global Imbalances

By Till van Treeck

Nov 25, 2013

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In the thick of it (labels and research)

Nov 24, 2013

Historians like labels. X history. History of y. The labels carve out subjects, set boundaries in time and space, at times even suggest methodological commitments.

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Do social movements create new ideas?

Nov 12, 2013

The short answer is yes. For the long answer I will make you sit through seven paragraphs.

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Institute for New Economic Thinking Launches Project to Reform Undergraduate Syllabus

Nov 10, 2013

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Harry Dexter White and the History of Bretton Woods

By James Boughton

Nov 9, 2013

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Too Much Debt: Adair Turner on the Dangers of Excessive Sector Leverage

Nov 7, 2013

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[PART 2] U.S. Current Account Deficits and German Surpluses: The Role of Income Distribution in Global Imbalances

By Till van Treeck, Jan Behringer, Christian Belabed, and Thomas Theobald

Nov 6, 2013