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Rethinking the role of markets and government policy in light of our inherently limited ability to foresee economic and social outcomes

The field of economics is aggressively sexist and biased against new and unconventional ideas. Revelations about gender and ethnic discrimination show the need to reorient the whole system toward more freedom, respect, openness, and pluralism. But how?

For women discussing economics, it’s still easier to be seen than heard

This new series will explore different takes on and claims about the challenges of women and minorities in economics, opening up a debate on a range of questions.

Inaugural conference addresses pressing issues around emerging technologies’ impact on economies and communities

The Crime Report features Shannon Monnat’s research on opioids

The Keynesian Economics and Complexity Economics Working Groups announce two special sessions, to be held at the annual conference of the EEA in New York.

To understand behavior and choice, we need to borrow from not just cognitive science but also sociology.

INET grantee William Lazonick’s research on drug pricing is featured in a New York Times op-ed

Decades before it caught on with other economists, Sadie Alexander was the first economist to recommend a government jobs guarantee in the US

On February 22-24, 2019, the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) will host its North America Convening in Los Angeles.

What is the relationship between pluralist economics and interdisciplinary socio-economics? How does pluralist academic teaching need to be structured in economics or business administration in order to be successful? What should interdisciplinary socio-economic study programs look like, and how should teacher training in the field be designed? What kinds of new study materials, textbooks, and teaching methods are required?

We need to ban stock buybacks, while building a movement for basic economic rights

Pharmaceutical pushers like Purdue “couldn’t have done their dirty work” without America’s increasingly unbalanced economy

We can land planes safely at crowded airports, yet we can’t manage to make our financial system safe. Why?