History
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Debt Talks Episode 3 | How Bad Can It Still Get? Credit Risks, Debt Overhang, and the COVID-19 Recession
WebinarClick to Register | moderated by Moritz Schularick with Megan Greene, Anatole Koletsky and Yueran Ma
Hosted by Private Debt
Oct 20, 2020
What is the current situation in credit markets? Will an overhang of debt on corporate balance sheets slow down the recovery from the COVID recession and be a drag on investment going forward? Does the COVID recession still have the potential to turn into a broader financial meltdown?
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Janeway on Ramsey and Keynes: A Comment
Oct 7, 2020
Lance Taylor responds to William Janeway’s essay on John Maynard Keynes and Frank Ramsey. Janeway then offers his response.
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The Master and the Prodigy
Sep 22, 2020
INET’s co-founder reviews new books about John Maynard Keynes and Frank Ramsey
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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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World War II to Covid-19: Been Here Before and Done Better
Mar 27, 2020
During WWII FDR mobilized private manufacturers to support the war effort. To keep Americans healthy, we need to do the same now for medical equipment
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Kari Polanyi Levitt
Feb 26, 2020
Some Personal Reflections on a Half Century of Friendship and Appreciation
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Polanyi on Polanyi
Feb 26, 2020
In this series Polanyi reflects on an extraordinary life, and the extraordinary legacy of her family.
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Is the Most Unproductive Firm the Foundation of the Most Efficient Economy?
Jan 31, 2020
How Penrosian Learning Confronts the Neoclassical Fallacy
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Working Paper Series
Is the Most Unproductive Firm the Foundation of the Most Efficient Economy? Penrosian Learning Confronts the Neoclassical Fallacy
Jan 2020
To get beyond the neoclassical fallacy, economists have to stop relying on constrained-optimization methodology
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ON SRAFFA’S CHALLENGE TO CAUSALITY IN ECONOMICS
DiscussionJan 27, 2020
A Seminar of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, by Maria Cristina Marcuzo
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Inclusive American Economic History
Jan 17, 2020
Containing Slaves, Freedmen, Jim Crow laws and the Great Migration
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Working Paper Series
Inclusive American Economic History: Containing Slaves, Freedmen, Jim Crow Laws, and the Great Migration
Jan 2020
This paper records the path by which African Americans were transformed from enslaved persons in the American economy to partial participants in the progress of the economy.
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How Neoliberal Thinkers Spawned Monsters They Never Imagined
Nov 19, 2019
Political theorist Wendy Brown explores new threats to democracy and society
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The Stormy Birth of “Europe”
Nov 7, 2019
National States and Conflicting Economic Priorities in the Making of the European Monetary System
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Working Paper Series
The Political Economy of Europe Since 1945: A Kaleckian Perspective
Nov 2019
This paper analyzes the early stages of the formation of the Common Market.