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We develop research that challenges economic orthodoxy and serves society.

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Through the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), INET provides support to students, young professionals, or others who embrace new and critical ways of thinking about the economy. YSI fosters conversation among those who wish to engage with new economic thinking and connects young scholars to the Institute’s vast network of economists.

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Working Paper
Working Paper
Biopharmaceutical Innovation: Corporate Governance for Equitable Global Health

By Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Öner Tulum, and William Lazonick

Mar 2026

The global medicine-access crisis is not simply a failure to balance innovation and affordability. It reflects a deeper system in which shareholder-driven pharmaceutical governance and fragmented donor structures undermine public health and block the shift toward more equitable value creation.
Working Paper
Working Paper
Historical American Political Finance Data at the National Archives: A Preface to the INET Edition

By Thomas Ferguson

Sep 2025

INET’s new data archive of historical political finance records at the National Archives marks a major step toward filling this factual void. This INET Working Paper outlines what users need to know to navigate the archive effectively and locate the data they require.