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Webinars and Events
Finance & Society
ConferenceMay 5–6, 2015
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen, and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde joined a renowned group of globally influential women in discussing how the financial system can be re-imagined to truly benefit society.
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Article
The Rise of the Radical Right in Scandinavia
Sep 21, 2018
After Sweden’s elections, a look at how immigration and economics explain a political puzzle
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News
Avoiding a Bleak Future for the Euro
Dec 14, 2010
In a recent piece in the Financial Times, George Soros makes the case that, to avoid a bleak future for the euro and the European Union in general, Europe should take steps to recapitalize banks before bailing out member states. In the piece, Soros discusses issues that INET is very interested in exploring further, such as the idea that flaws in macroeconomic theory helped lead to the financial crisis of 2008.
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Podcasts
The Long-Overdue Revolution in Economic Thinking
Mar 1, 2021
University of Texas economist James K. Galbraith engages in a wide-ranging discussion of the many ways in which conventional economics has failed us, ranging from how to manage the post-pandemic economy, the role of finance, to the problems of inequality and climate change.
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Article
A Cold Case
Jun 20, 2011
Some time ago, my colleague and dear friend (nevertheless!) Loïc Charles wrote on the previous version of the Playground, a very nice and intriguing post on Samuelson’s introductory textbook, Economics, and TV Series.
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Article
Liquidity Trap & Excessive Leverage
Mar 11, 2016
How excessive debt hurts the economy and why to curb it.
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Video
Mazzucato and Kaletsky Debate U.K. Mortgage Plan on BBC
Nov 27, 2013
The Bank of England took the first step in putting the brakes on the surging property market as it scrapped the United Kingdom’s flagship initiative that encourages mortgage lending, introduced earlier this year by Treasury minster George Osborne.
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Article
Who Says Labor Laws Are “Luxuries”?
Jun 11, 2018
The World Bank and IMF say developing economies can’t afford to have strong labor laws. Actually, they can’t afford not to.
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Podcasts
Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity
May 16, 2023
In honor of the just-announced Nobel Prize in Economics for Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson, we re-post an Economics and Beyond podcast episode from last year, featuring Johnson, discussing Johnson and Acemoglu’s latest book, Power and Progress.
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Article
A Public Comment on the SEC Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule
Mar 29, 2017
In this comment, we explain our objections to the SEC’s current formulation of the Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule on each of three grounds: the erroneous estimation of CEO pay; the unclear specification of the “median” worker; and the risk of normalizing a pay ratio that is far too high. Then we present the latest data on the remuneration of the 500 highest-paid CEOs in the United States, demonstrating the way in which the SEC’s measure of CEO pay that enters into the CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio tends to systematically underestimate actual executive pay.
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Article
Which Businesses Will Covid-19 Disrupt and Why? An Assessment Based on Firm-Level Data
Apr 2, 2020
The scale of firm exposure to the coronavirus is unprecedented by earlier outbreaks, spans all major economies and is pervasive across all industries
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Video
Innovation And Its Potential To Damage Society
Jun 6, 2014
What if innovation is not an unalloyed good for society? What if it simply adds to our current dystopian dysfunction?
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Video
Financial Regulations In Paralysis
Nov 14, 2014
Bill Black knows banks.
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Article
How Corporations “Get Away With Murder” to Inflate Prices on Rent, Food, and Electricity
Oct 19, 2022
Antitrust expert Hal Singer shows how big businesses in certain industries are taking advantage of inflation worries to jack up prices far beyond their cost increases, all the while raking in robber-baron profits.
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Podcasts
Eisuke Sakakibara
Sep 17, 2020
Former Deputy Finance Minister of Japan, Eisuke Sakakibara, contrasts Japan’s and the US’s response to the pandemic and talks about the different roles and economic strategies of some of the world’s largest countries.