Academic economics focuses too much on narrow mathematical models that may work on paper but do not address today’s challenges. Through curriculum reform, online classes, videos, and other tools, we give students, teachers, and leading thinkers reality based insights necessary to navigate our world.
Education
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Young Scholars Initiative Early Career Days
ConferenceNov 18–20, 2021
publishing • the job market • writing • teaching • mental health • work-life balance
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Best of Mankiw: Errors and Tangles in the World's Best-Selling Economics Textbooks
Jan 3, 2021
On the occasion of the ASSA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting (Jan. 3-5), Peter Bofinger presents a “10 Best of” Mankiw list
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Debt Talks Episode 2 | Debt, Wealth, and Racial Inequalities
Webinarmoderated by Moritz Schularick with Mehrsa Baradaran, Ashley C. Harrington, Darrick Hamilton and Louise Seamster
Hosted by Private Debt
Sep 15, 2020
Racial inequalities of wealth and income are pervasive. This episode of Debt Talks will feature a conversation with four prominent experts on the persistence of racial inequalities of wealth and income and the role of financial markets in shaping them.
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Are American Colleges and Universities the Next Covid Casualties?
Jul 22, 2020
Colleges and universities need to be saved, not only from financial ruin, but also, all too often, from themselves.
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Online Education in the Covid-19 Crisis: “It’s Like Coke Dealers Handing Out Free Samples”
Apr 6, 2020
Economist Gordon Lafer describes a race against the education technology industry to do what’s right for America’s kids
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MIT Economist on Coronavirus: Young People “Going to Get Squashed”
Mar 19, 2020
The younger generation, already saddled with student debt and uncertain jobs, will pay a high price as the crisis unfolds.
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Inequality 101
Jan 29, 2020
Inequality, in many ways, may be the biggest question of our times. And yet it is a topic that is still underexplored in conventional economics curricula.
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Banning Buybacks
Dec 4, 2019
Stock buybacks are giveaways for greedy investors at the expense of everyone else.
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Learn the Language of Power
Oct 30, 2019
Economists make what we do seem complicated, says Ha-Joon Chang. It’s not.
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YSI Asia Convening 2019
YSI
Regional ConveningAug 12–14, 2019
Hundreds of young scholars from all over Asia are coming together in Hanoi to discuss new economic thinking, present their research, and work with over 30 senior scholars. Join us there and become a part of YSI’s global community!
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Puerto Rico’s Crisis Began Before Hurricane Maria
Jul 17, 2019
Economist Marie Mora discusses the deep economic crisis that has afflicted Puerto Rico for years
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Charter Schools Unleashed “Educational Hunger Games” in California. Now It’s Fighting Back.
Jul 2, 2019
Andrea Gabor, author of “After the Education Wars,” discusses how California is pushing back on millionaire-driven charter schools. Will the rest of the America follow?
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The Trento Experiment
YSI @ The Trento Festival of Economics 2019
YSI
WorkshopMay 30–Jun 2, 2019
This year the YSI participation at the Trento Festival of Economics will be different. There will be no panels with talks that are too long, actually, there will be no talks at all… Welcome to The Trento Experiment!
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The Perils of Treating Schools Like Corporations
May 29, 2019
Treating education like a market is all the rage. But it hurts students, and our society.
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2019 Annual ASEER (GSÖBW) Conference
ConferenceCrossing Borders, Embracing Pluralism: Perspectives on Teaching Socio-Economics and Pluralism in Economics
Feb 21–22, 2019
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?