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Unlocking America’s Political Finance History: Campaign Data from the National Archives
Oct 4, 2025
INET’s new data archive of historical political finance records at the National Archives assembles all campaign finance reports filed by political parties and presidential candidates up to 1974, the year before the Federal Election Commission was established.
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The AI Bubble and the U.S. Economy: How Long Do “Hallucinations” Last?
Oct 2, 2025
This paper argues that (i) we have reached “peak GenAI” in terms of current Large Language Models (LLMs); scaling (building more data centers and using more chips) will not take us further to the goal of “Artificial General Intelligence” (AGI); returns are diminishing rapidly; (ii) the AI-LLM industry and the larger U.S. economy are experiencing a speculative bubble, which is about to burst.
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Working Paper
Working PaperHistorical American Political Finance Data at the National Archives: A Preface to the INET Edition
Sep 2025
INET’s new data archive of historical political finance records at the National Archives marks a major step toward filling this factual void. This INET Working Paper outlines what users need to know to navigate the archive effectively and locate the data they require.
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Why the World Bank’s Governance Reform Is Stuck – and How to Break the Stalemate
Sep 29, 2025
We examine the World Bank’s protracted and conflicted attempts at shareholding reform from 2008 to the present, situating them within the broader context of multipolarity and intensifying geopolitical rivalries.
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Economist Chris Hughes on the Fed, Crypto, and the Danger of Trump’s Vision
Sep 24, 2025
Hughes discusses his recent book Marketcrafters, and how markets are deliberately built with outcomes that can serve the public good – or not. He uses this lens to unpack today’s economic flashpoints, from the Fed to crypto to climate.
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Working Paper
Working PaperHow Western states keep the lead in the World Bank: Multipolarity, Geopolitics and the World Bank’s Conflicted Attempts at Shareholding Reform
Sep 2025
This paper examines the World Bank’s protracted and conflicted attempts at shareholding reform from 2008 to the present, situating them within the broader context of multipolarity and intensifying geopolitical rivalries.
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Working Paper
Working PaperThe AI Bubble and the U.S. Economy: How Long Do ‘Hallucinations’ Last?
Sep 2025
This paper argues that (i) we have reached “peak GenAI” in terms of current Large Language Models (LLMs); scaling (building more data centers and using more chips) will not take us further to the goal of “Artificial General Intelligence” (AGI); returns are diminishing rapidly; (ii) the AI-LLM industry and the larger U.S. economy are experiencing a speculative bubble, which is about to burst.
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Research Program
Historical American Political Finance Data at the National Archives
INET’s new data archive of historical political finance records at the National Archives assembles all campaign finance reports filed by political parties and presidential candidates up to 1974, the year before the Federal Election Commission was established.
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Study Finds Male and Female Economists See the Economy Differently -- Even When Politically Aligned. It Matters for Everyone.
Sep 10, 2025
In a significant new study published by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Canadian economist Mohsen Javdani reveals that gender shapes views on power, equality, and inclusion in ways politics alone can’t explain.
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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Sep 10, 2025
How much of modern economics is shaped by religion?
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Engendering Pluralism: How Gender Diversity Can Transform Economics
Sep 8, 2025
How women economists expand orientations and perspectives that can transform economics into a pluralistic, critically engaged, and socially responsive discipline.
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Labor Day 2025: The Great Crash (of the Economists)
Aug 29, 2025
Contrary to what many economic models suggest, salaries aren’t constantly recalibrated based on skills or technology. They follow the economy and politics—and common sense: hire when needed, promote from within, and slow hiring when budgets tighten.
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Economists Warn: Trump’s Intel Move Looks Like Performance, Not Policy
Aug 26, 2025
Two economists who have studied Intel warn that Trump’s move to take a stake in the company amounts to flashy optics, incoherent strategy, and a creeping politicization of economic policy.
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Jim Chanos on Crypto, AI, and Casino Capitalism
Aug 26, 2025
The famed short-seller reminds us that technology might advance, but we’re still a pretty predictable bunch of apes.
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Video
The Fall of Intel
Aug 20, 2025
How America’s chip leader lost its edge.