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Adair Turner, Chair of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Lecture at School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC April 10th 2018

In These Times cites INET research in calling for putting drug companies under public control.

200 years after Marx’s birth, a look at how two economists sought to reconcile his idea of common ownership with market mechanisms

Global public goods, from health to peace to security, crisscross national and social boundaries. We need a new economic theory to understand their pivotal role in the global economy.

It’s time to connect political violence with economic violence.

To mark the release of INET’s “What Money Can’t Buy” with professor Michael Sandel, the YSI Philosophy of Economics Working Group and and Finance, Law and Economics Working Group invite young scholars working on issues related to the core issues in Michael Sandel’s lectures to present their work in a series of webinars. Professor Sandel will join the webinars to answer questions about the topics raised in his book, the video lectures and to give comment on the presentations.

Wage suppression—not monopoly power—is fueling corporate profits and the growing gap between rich and poor

“Meso” level analysis of 16 producing sectors sheds light on broad forces shaping growth of employment and profits. 

INET Senior Economist Arjun Jayadev and Dean Baker explore the patent system of Brazil, and its implications for developing countries.

The discipline is divorced from real-world relevance and has lost credibility, writes INET Global Commissioner Mohamed A. El-Erian 

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, in an exclusive interview with timesnownews.com, talks about what is wrong with current American capitalism, rise of a new kind of politics emerging from dissent towards government and more. Here are some excerpts from the interview.

Richard Baldwin writes on why we must rethink our outdated ideas about international trade.

For the BRICS countries to not just grow their economies but also raise the standard of living of their people, inclusive growth that prioritizes poverty reduction is a must

“The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow” talks to Lynn Parramore about her INET piece on public education.