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  1. Working Paper

    Conference paper

    Unpacking and Reorienting Executive Subcultures of Modern Finance

    By Edward J. Kane

    Apr 2015

    Recent weeks have surfaced an intense exchange of top-level finger pointing, both between Congress and the leadership of the Federal Reserve System, between Fed officials and executives in the private sector and within the Fed between the Board of Governors and the New York Reserve Bank.

  2. Working Paper

    Conference paper

    Inequality: A Neuroscience Perspective

    By Micheal B. Miller and Michael S. Gazzaniga

    Apr 2015

    It is impossible to ignore material inequality. Wealth, and the goods that come with it, are accumulating at the top of society while others seem to be struggling in the middle and bottom.

  3. Working Paper

    Conference paper

    Promoting bank stability through compensation reform: lessons from Iceland

    By Gudrun Johnsen and Jay Cullen

    Apr 2015

  4. Conference Session

    History and the Theory Of Income Distribution: Some Perspectives

    Featuring Gerard Dumenil, Tiziana Foresti, Nadia Garbellini, and Ariel Luis Wirkierman

    Apr 8, 2015 | 11:00—11:30

  5. Conference Session

    Financial Regulation That Might Have a Chance of Working

    Featuring Edward J. Kane, Gudrun Johnsen, John Kay, and Walker Todd

    Apr 8, 2015 | 10:45—11:15

  6. Conference Session

    Motivations, Emotions, Decisions

    Featuring Antonio Damasio, Tania Singer, Dennis J. Snower, and George Soros

    Apr 8, 2015 | 11:15—12:45

  7. Working Paper

    Conference paper

    Inequality, the crisis, and stagnation

    By Till van Treeck

    Apr 2015

    The inequality of income and wealth is one of the defining issues of our time, in terms of both its social and macroeconomic implications. In this article, I focus on the macroeconomic implications of inequality. In particular, it is possible to identify four themes on which there seems to be growing consensus among many economists especially in the various heterodox traditions, but also increasingly in the mainstream of the economics profession:

  8. Conference Session

    Politics by Other Means? Eurozone Institutions and National Sovereignty in the Bank Bailout Negotiations

    Featuring Patrick Honohan, Yanis Varoufakis, and James K. Galbraith

    Apr 8, 2015 | 06:15—06:45

  9. Conference Session

    Analyzing Growth & Inequality in the 21st Century

    Featuring Facundo Alvaredo, Gabriela Ramos, John MCombie, and Lance Taylor

    Apr 8, 2015 | 06:45—07:15

  10. Conference Session

    Macroeconomic Causes of Inequality

    Featuring Barry Cynamon, Steven Fazzari, Marc Lavoie, Mario Seccareccia, and Till van Treeck

    Apr 8, 2015 | 06:30—07:00

  11. Working Paper

    Working Paper Series

    Have Large Scale Asset Purchases Increased Bank Profits?

    By Gerald Epstein and Juan Montecino

    Apr 2015

    This paper empirically examines the effects of the Federal Reserve’s Large Scale Asset Purchases (LSAP) on bank profits.

  12. Conference Session

    Inequality: Claims about Genes

    Featuring Daniel Benjamin and Michael S. Gazzaniga

    Apr 8, 2015 | 10:30—11:00

  13. Conference Session

    Economic Growth & Inequality across Time & Space: Where Has Growth Lead to Equality and Why?

    Featuring Branko Milanovic and ​Vamsi Vakulabharanam

    Apr 8, 2015 | 06:00—06:30

  14. Webinars and Events

    Liberté, Égalité, Fragilité

    Plenary

    Apr 8–11, 2015

    The Institute for New Economic Thinking held its sixth Annual Conference from April 8 to April 11, 2015, in collaboration with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.

  15. Video

    Caught in a Debt Trap

    Featuring Adair Turner

    Apr 7, 2015

    In his latest annual address at Cass Business School, Visiting Professor Lord Adair Turner warned that the world is caught in a ‘debt overhang’.