Archive
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Article
Populism, Trump, and the Future of Democracy
Mar 15, 2019
The most popular political philosopher of his generation on liberal responsibility worldwide for the rise of the hard right
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Article
Better Labor Standards Must Underpin the Future of Work
Mar 14, 2019
As technology and deregulation continue to shape the labor market, maintaining strong worker protections is as important as ever
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Article
Why Economists Failed as “Experts”—and How to Make Them Matter Again
Mar 12, 2019
Economists should stop pretending to be scientists and go back to the core of the discipline—as a field of inquiry and way of thinking
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Research Program News
Global Commission Discusses Macroeconomics and Finance in New York
Mar 11, 2019
The latest meeting of INET’s Commission on Global Economic Transformation addressed the flaws in existing macroeconomic and financial models—and explored solutions to foster shared prosperity
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Article
Diversity and Excellence: Not A Zero Sum Game
Mar 11, 2019
As young scholars, we have formulated a new plan for fostering diversity in both identity and scholarly thinking in economics—preconditions for academic rigor.
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Article
Why We Need Diversity and Pluralism in Economics, Part I
Mar 8, 2019
INET talks to Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Claudia Goldin, and Maria Cristina Marcuzzo
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Article
Economic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System
Mar 7, 2019
US counties with prison labor often have lower wage and employment growth
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesEconomic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System
Mar 2019
Prisoners employed in manufacturing constitute 4.2% of total U.S. manufacturing employment in 2005; they produce cheap goods, creating labor demand shock.
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Video
Joe Stiglitz: The Challenges Facing China
Mar 6, 2019
The Nobel laureate economist discusses how an activist government is needed to tackle problems like climate change
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Article
Joan Robinson, the Rational Rebel
Mar 5, 2019
The heterodox scholar was a fierce critic of neoclassical economics. But she also insisted that economics be driven by science, not ideology.
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Article
Why We Need the Knightian Uncertainty Hypothesis
Mar 4, 2019
INET’s President introduces a new research program that challenges orthodox assumptions about the limits of economic knowledge
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News
INET Announces Program on Knightian Uncertainity Economics
Mar 4, 2019
Rethinking the role of markets and government policy in light of our inherently limited ability to foresee economic and social outcomes
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News
Servaas Storm Featured in Frontline
Mar 4, 2019
Servaas Storm’s INET research is featured in the Indian news magazine Frontline
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Article
Do Real Estate Markets Make Our Cities Less Livable?
Mar 4, 2019
Author Samuel Stein talks about how capitalism shapes housing and what economists have in common with city planners
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesThe Knightian Uncertainty Hypothesis: Unforeseeable Change and Muth’s Consistency Constraint in Modeling Aggregate Outcomes
Mar 2019
This paper introduces the Knightian Uncertainty Hypothesis (KUH), a new approach to macroeconomics and finance theory.