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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.

Topics

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Focus on the Global South

INET is invested in identifying the complex global interactions that influence poverty and development with a focus on strategies that have proven successful in promoting equitable growth, promoting capabilities, and reducing poverty.

Article

Now Is the Time for More Ambition From Multilateral Development Banks and Their Shareholders

By Camilla Toulmin and Folashadé Soulé

Mar 14, 2023

Vera Songwe, Chair of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility, and former Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, on the multiple crises facing African countries.

Article

Emerging Markets and the Balance of Payments: Challenges to Growth and Sustainability

By Juan Carlos Moreno Brid, Lorenzo Nalin, and Edgar Perez-Medina

Mar 13, 2023

Article

The Two Global Consensuses That Defined the Development Paradigm in Ghana Are Under Threat

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Feb 27, 2023

Article

Global Value Chains and Income Distribution Profiles: A World Survey

By Ariel Luis Wirkierman

Feb 6, 2023

Event

Inclusive Development: Role of Employment and Environment

Mar 28–30, 2023

Article

High-level Panel Discussion: Development Prospects in a Fractured World

By Richard Kozul-Wright, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Jayati Ghosh, and Jose Antonio Ocampo

Dec 15, 2022

Article

The Impact of the War in Ukraine on West Africa Requires a Disaggregated Analysis

By Camilla Toulmin and Folashadé Soulé

Dec 12, 2022

Podcasts

The Misguided Forces Driving Conflict Escalation Between the US and China

Dec 1, 2022

Article

Food Security in Africa: “This Crisis Has Shown the Limits to Africa’s Resilience”

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Dec 1, 2022

Article

Dollar Dominance is Financial Dominance

By Orsola Costantini

Nov 23, 2022

What Strategies can Break This Dependency?

Article

Food Security in Africa: “We Are Bringing Short Term Responses to Long Term Problems”

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Nov 10, 2022

What are the long-term problems that need to be addressed and what solutions are out there?

Event

Vikasarth 2022 Session 3: Industrialisation and the Case of Educated Unemployed

Nov 17, 2022

Video

Development, Climate Change & Capitalism

Featuring Ying Chen

Sep 21, 2022

Event

Vikasarth 2022 Session 2: Emigration, Consumption Boom and the Service Economy

Sep 22, 2022

Article

China’s Development Path: Indigenous Innovation and Global Competition

By William Lazonick and Yin Li

Aug 22, 2022