508 Videos
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The Perils of Over-Optimistic Borrowing
Nov 6, 2019
Yueran Ma discusses her work with INET’s Private Debt Initiative
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Learn the Language of Power
Oct 30, 2019
Economists make what we do seem complicated, says Ha-Joon Chang. It’s not.
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A Hereditary Meritocracy
Oct 23, 2019
The University of Chicago’s Raghuram Rajan explains how inequalities in the education system lock in a hereditary hierarchy of success
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Measuring Economic Democracy
Oct 9, 2019
GDP doesn’t tell the whole story—Robert McMaster explains the Economic Democracy Index
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In Defense of Economic Theory
Oct 2, 2019
Wade Hands argues that empiricism without theory is insufficient
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Economics for People
Sep 11, 2019
Economics has long been the domain of the ivory tower, where specialized language and opaque theorems make it inaccessible to most people. That’s a problem.
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How & How NOT to Do Economics
Sep 11, 2019
What is economics for? What is it about? How should it be done? How can it be of use to us? How is it connected to morals and politics?
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Is History Important?
Sep 4, 2019
An animated look at economic history with Robert Skidelsky
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How Liberals Normalized Conservative Ideas
Aug 28, 2019
The New York Times’ Binyamin Appelbaum explains the role Democratic presidents, from Kennedy to Obama, in moving economic policy to the right
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How Can We Track Bank Risk?
Aug 21, 2019
Risky lending took down the global economy in 2008. Tracking it now is a vital job for economists, says Juliane Begenau
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Why We Need a Multidisciplinary Economics
Aug 14, 2019
Economics needs to better incorporate other social sciences
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Change in the Economics Profession Can Come From the Outside
Aug 7, 2019
Progressive movements can and should push for pluralism in economics
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Why the Dismal Science Cares About Happiness
Jul 31, 2019
Economics is often thought of as emotion-less, but Daniel Benjamin argues for happiness as a vital indicator
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Are We Ready to Give Up Autonomy to AI?
Jul 24, 2019
Artificial intelligence promises to make our lives easier. But is the cost losing some of our humanity?
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Puerto Rico’s Crisis Began Before Hurricane Maria
Jul 17, 2019
Economist Marie Mora discusses the deep economic crisis that has afflicted Puerto Rico for years