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  1. Webinars and Events

    Reawakening

    From the Origins of Economic Ideas to the Challenges of Our Time

    Plenary

    Oct 21–23, 2017

    INET gathered hundreds of new economic thinkers in Edinburgh to discuss the past, present, and future of the economics profession.

  2. Article

    Enlightenment Then, Enlightenment Now

    By ​Gonçalo Fonseca

    Oct 20, 2017

    What can today’s economists learn from the 18th century Scottish thinkers who grappled with societal and economic change?

  3. Article

    What Idea Shapes Our World More Than Adam Smith’s Economics?

    By Lynn Parramore

    Oct 20, 2017

    Animal rights, child welfare, social equality are all a direct legacy of the “cult of feeling” 

  4. YSI Event

    Festival for New Economic Thinking

    YSI

    Conference

    Oct 19–20, 2017

    The Festival for New Economic Thinking is a collaborative initiative of several organizations, and aims to bring together those who seek to improve how economics is taught, studied and practiced. 

  5. Article

    Can Bitcoin Replace the Dollar?

    By Perry G. Mehrling

    Oct 14, 2017

    Financial Globalization and its Cryptocurrency Discontents

  6. Article

    “Worse Than Big Tobacco”: How Big Pharma Fuels the Opioid Epidemic

    By Lynn Parramore

    Oct 10, 2017

    Once again, an out-of-control industry is threatening public health on a mammoth scale

  7. Conference Session

    Brexit and the European Union: One Year On

    Featuring Iain Begg

    Oct 10, 2017 | 04:00—05:30

  8. Article

    America’s Rising, Invisible Debt

    By Robert Dugger and Daniel Blitz

    Oct 6, 2017

    Why it’s time to repeal the debt ceiling and replace it with a ‘truth in borrowing’ act

  9. Article

    How Economists Turned Corporations into Predators

    By Lynn Parramore

    Oct 5, 2017

    The Idea That Businesses Exist Solely to Enrich Shareholders Is Harmful Nonsense

  10. Webinars and Events

    Talking Economics Global Finance and Reform in India 

    Discussion

    Oct 5, 2017

    Adair Turner in conversation with Nasser Munjee, moderated by David Webb

  11. Conference Session

    Is Europe’s Economic Recovery for Real?

    Featuring Megan Greene

    Oct 3, 2017 | 04:00—05:30

  12. Working Paper

    Working paper

    Innovative Enterprise Solves the Agency Problem

    By William Lazonick

    Oct 2017

    The Theory of the Firm, Financial Flows, and Economic Performance

  13. Collection

    #INET2017

    Material from, and related to, INET’s 2017 conference: Reawakening

  14. Video

    Why Exports Alone Can’t Make Poor Countries Rich

    Featuring Xiao Jiang

    Sep 27, 2017

    “Blindly” Engaging in Global Supply Chains Can Erode Developing Nations’ Economic Power

  15. Conference Session

    American Big Tech vs. China Big Tech: Common Challenges or Conflicting Concerns?

    Featuring Xiao Yuqiang and Rana Foroohar

    Sep 26, 2017 | 08:15—09:45