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Johnson: Elites Eying the Exits Signals America's Crisis

Article By Institute Staff | Jan 23, 2017

Institute President Rob Johnson interviewed by the New Yorker on hedge-fund managers and the market for air strips in New Zealand

INET's Turner Warns Against 'Fantasy' of Stimulating Economies Through Financial Deregulation

Article By Institute Staff | Jan 5, 2017

There is no good case for major deregulation of the US financial sector, warns INET Board Chairman Adair Turner, and any backsliding by a Trump administration on banks’ capital requirements instituted globally after 2008 will be very dangerous

Inequality in the United States: A Darkening Horizon

Article By Institute Staff | Dec 19, 2016

Institute for New Economic Thinking-backed research into inequality explores how taxes and government policy have contributed to deepening economic inequality   

Heckman Study: Investment in Early Childhood Education Yields Substantial Gains for the Economy

Article By Institute Staff | Dec 12, 2016

New research by Nobel Laureate and Institute for New Economic Thinking Advisory Board member James Heckman finds strong economic gains from birth-to-five education programs