Education
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How Economics Became a Cult
Sep 26, 2018
Steve Keen: “What an education in economics does is make you into a zealot
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Boycott the Journal Rankings
Jul 27, 2018
Journal rankings are a rigged game. The blacklist of history of economic thought journals isn’t a fluke nor a conspiracy—it exposes how citation rankings really work
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Money and the Unflappable Economist
Jun 25, 2018
The Koch brothers scandal at George Mason University
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Teaching Economics the Adam Smith Way
Jun 6, 2018
The economist had to learn moral philosophy before anything else—an underpinning that’s still helpful for today’s students
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INET Research in a Stressful Year
Feb 23, 2018
In the face of laissez-faire capitalism at home and resurgent nationalism across the globe, INET offers an innovative look at the causes of—and solutions for—the problems that ail a fissuring world economy.
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Nancy Folbre’s Feminist, Unorthodox Economics
Jan 4, 2018
The renowned feminist economist discusses the importance of heterodoxy, radicalism, and social justice to the discipline
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Taking the Con Out of Economics? The Limits of Negative Darwinism
Oct 22, 2017 | 12:00
What Do Citations Actually Measure in Economics and How Should Economic Journals and Department Review Committees Use This Data?
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INET President: Rebuilding A Moral Economics
Oct 21, 2017 | 11:15
Rob Johnson kicks off INET’s “Reawakening” conference with his take on how economists can win back the trust of a world that has rejected experts
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Reawakening
PlenaryFrom the Origins of Economic Ideas to the Challenges of Our Time
Oct 21–23, 2017
INET gathered hundreds of new economic thinkers in Edinburgh to discuss the past, present, and future of the economics profession.
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Festival for New Economic Thinking
YSI
ConferenceOct 19–20, 2017
The Festival for New Economic Thinking is a collaborative initiative of several organizations, and aims to bring together those who seek to improve how economics is taught, studied and practiced.
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Innovation, Institutions and Governance
YSI
ConferenceSep 16–19, 2017
The YSI Economics of Innovation Working Group in partnership with the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology is hosting a YSI Conference on “Innovation, Institutions and Governance”.
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How Not to Criticize Standard Economic Models
Jul 5, 2017
Mason doesn’t think teaching contending economic theories is effective, and sees the objective of introductory economics courses as teaching students basic tools to understand economic terminology and standard relationship between cause and effect.
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The Many Transgressions of Deirdre McCloskey
Jun 28, 2017
McCloskey discusses her career, critiques of economics, and offers advice for young economists.
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Trento Festival of Economics
YSI Europe Convening 2017
YSI
WorkshopJun 1–4, 2017
The Young Scholars Initiative and its working groups will be hosting meetings and discussions in and around the 2017 Trento Festival of Economics.
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Rethinking Economics and Economic History in Zimbabwe: Theory and Practice
YSI
WorkshopApr 22, 2017
Workshop of the YSI Africa Working Group