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Sandra Navidi shares some of the lessons from her books, and what can be done today for a better tomorrow.

Why do economists avoid ethics, and over-simplify harm?

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.

What’s really causing inequality in opportunities and outcomes for kids?

Brendan Ballou discusses the growing harmful role of private equity in the US, and his forthcoming book. Ballou is a federal prosecutor and served as Special Counsel for Private Equity in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.

OK, but why? This is the question we ask daily at INET. We sit down with experts from around the world to find out what they think, since sometimes it’s the simplest questions that have the most important answers.

Anton Jäger discusses his new book “Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income” co-authored with Daniel Zamora Vargas.

Daniel Zamora Vargas discusses his new book “Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income” co-authored with Anton Jäger.

Hannah Farber discusses her book and explains how the insurance business and the United States discovered that they were good for one another.

Historians Naomi Oreskes (Harvard University) and Erik Conway (Caltech) talk to Rob about their just released book, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market.

INET Grantee & Academic Advisor Perry Mehrling talks about his new book “Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System”

Jamee Moudud discusses the circular relationship of law, politics, and economics.

What is your first association when somebody talks to you about the economy?

Melanie Xue shares insights from her research into the parallel history of women and the intelligentsia in Chinese society.

Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf discusses his just-released book