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Webinars and Events
Monsoon School on Inequality 2025
Regional ConveningThe Monsoon School on Inequality, set to be one of the highlight events of the Inequality Working Group (IWG) of the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) for 2025, is a gathering designed to address discussions and research on socio-economic and educational disparities in India through a series of engaging and insightful activities.
Jul 24–26, 2025
The focus of this year’s monsoon school is on pluralistic approaches to research on inequality, bringing together perspectives from varied streams of economic thought. It will provide an interactive platform for advanced-level PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and scholars affiliated with Indian research institutes to engage with diverse concepts, debates, and methodologies related to inequality.
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News
The Healthcare Policy Podcast with David Introcaso interviewed INET's Thomas Ferguson on the Big Beautiful Bill
Jul 14, 2025
The Healthcare Policy Podcast
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Article
U.S. Political System Is Bought, Not Broken. A New Party Won’t Fix the Basic Problem.
Jul 14, 2025
Why real reform in American politics won’t come from slogans, scandals, or new parties — but from breaking the grip of investor politics and rebuilding power from the ground up.
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Webinars and Events
The Political Economy of Ecological Change and Economic Security in the Global South
ConferenceJul 14–16, 2025
The urgency of the climate crisis cannot be overstated, particularly given its disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities in the Global South.
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News
Scientific American Cited Fred Ledley’s INET-Funded Research on NIH Funding of Pharmaceuticals
Jul 7, 2025
Scientific American
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Article
AI, Antitrust & Privacy: When More Competition Makes Things Worse
Jul 7, 2025
Without strong privacy laws and aligned incentives, increased AI competition worsens surveillance, manipulation, and disinformation—threatening privacy, autonomy, and democracy.
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Working Paper
Working PaperAI, Antitrust & Privacy
Jul 2025
We typically view competition as a positive force that lowers prices, improves quality and service, and increases variety. However, competition can sometimes be toxic.
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Video
America’s Broken Union System
Jul 2, 2025
Union membership is at its lowest level in a century. Why, despite viral organizing campaigns at Amazon and Starbucks, has union density flatlined?
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News
NY Times Featured Fred Ledley’s INET Working Paper on Funding for FDA-Approved Pharmaceuticals
Jul 1, 2025
New York Times
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Article
Ex-CISA Official Warns: We’ve Gutted Cybersecurity—A Gift to Iran, China and Russia
Jun 30, 2025
Dr. David Mussington, cybersecurity expert with two decades of experience, reveals why the clock is ticking on U.S. vulnerabilities under Trump.
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Article
The Inflation Reduction Act’s Impact on Pharmaceutical Innovation: What Real Evidence Shows
Jun 26, 2025
Has the Inflation Reduction Act hindered pharmaceutical innovation? Evidence shows that the pharma industry can strategically manage disruptive change.
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Video
What Counts as Productive?
Jun 25, 2025
The most essential work in society isn’t accounted for in economic statistics.
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Article
Behind the Tariff Dilemma: Kalecki on Structuralist Development Policy
Jun 23, 2025
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Kalecki’s seminal lecture in Mexico on financing economic development, Jan Toporowski’s INET Working Paper considers the relevance of structuralism and Kalecki’s view of economic development for today.
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Working Paper
Working PaperKalecki and the Stucturalist View of Economic Development
Jun 2025
Kalecki challenged the structuralist view by pointing to the internal social class barriers to development, and the need to assure supplies of basic wage goods in order to avoid inflationary pressures that could derail the development process.
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News
CNN cited Fred Ledley’s INET Working Paper on the NIH’s Seed Funding into FDA-Approved Pharmaceuticals
Jun 16, 2025
CNN