Laws
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Human After All
PlenaryApr 10–12, 2014
The Institute for New Economic Thinking joined the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in holding its fifth Annual Conference from April 10 to April 12, 2014 in Toronto.
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Innovation: To What Purpose?
Apr 9, 2014 | 02:15—04:00
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Conference paper
The Persistence of a Reckless Banking System
Apr 2014
The fall of 2008 was scary. For most people, the aftermath of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy resembled a major earthquake with strong aftershocks. Official narratives have promoted the image of the crisis as a rare, unpreventable and unforeseen natural disaster, the “100-year flood.” Policymakers emphasize the extraordinary measures they have taken to prevent the system from collapsing and to support recovery since.
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Conference paper
Is Innovation a Good Thing? The Innovation Gap in Pink and Black
Apr 2014
Innovation, the commercialization of invention, is both desirable and necessary for growth and higher living standards in modern economies. Innovation’s contribution to the economy is being measured increasingly more precisely, and its contribution has been assessed aseconomically important and growing.
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Have We Repaired Financial Regulations since Lehman?
Apr 9, 2014 | 11:45—01:15
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Do Private Returns Produce the Social Returns We Need?
Apr 9, 2014 | 10:00—11:30
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Conference paper
Debt Restructuring versus Monetary Easing: The Eurozone Experiment
Mar 2014
Since the outbreak of the Greek debt crisis at the end of 2009, the Eurozone finds itself in an unprecedented debt crisis.
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What is Economic Success?
Oct 11, 2013
“You are now leaving the world as you know it.”
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Conference paper
The Two Innovation Economies: Follower and Frontier
Sep 2013
Can China lead the way on innovation?
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Capitalism and the Rule of Law
Apr 4, 2013 | 02:30—04:30
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Business Leaders Panel: The Future of the World and Asia's Role
Apr 4, 2013 | 04:00—05:00
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Conference paper
Something for Everyone: Building Incentives for Innovation Ecosystems
Apr 2013
Healthy innovation economies are the main driver of prosperity in the 21st century. But the three players that have traditionally sponsored basic research and invention in those economies are no longer willing or able to perform that role.
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Innovation Systems
Apr 3, 2013 | 09:15—10:15
The Foundations of Economic Prosperity: The Lessons of Innovation Process and History
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Conference paper
The Innovative Enterprise and the Developmental State: Toward an Economics of “Organizational Success”
Apr 2011
Investment in productive capabilities provides the foundation for economic growth.
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Conference paper
Rethinking Growth and the State
Apr 2011
Government intervention is often perceived as a constraint on market forces and thereby on economic growth.