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We are economists who challenge conventional wisdom and advance ideas to better serve society.

Research

We develop research that challenges economic orthodoxy and serves society.

Articles

Commentary, analysis, interviews, and research summaries by INET-affiliated writers.

Video

Interviews, presentations and video series with provocative economic thinkers, public figures and students.

Podcast

Economics and Beyond with Rob Johnson, a podcast featuring interviews with some of the world’s most important thinkers, artists, and activists about the pressing issues of our time. The podcast is also available on all major podcasting platforms, such as Apple, Spotify, Google, and Podbean.

Education

We develop resources for students and educators interested in exploring new economic thinking.

Events

To foster new economic thinking, we host convenings that gather together a diverse community of thinkers from different fields, countries, and schools of thought.

YSI

Through the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), INET provides support to students, young professionals, or others who embrace new and critical ways of thinking about the economy. YSI fosters conversation among those who wish to engage with new economic thinking and connects young scholars to the Institute’s vast network of economists.

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Philosophy & Ethics

Dancing in the Dark: Creating an Economics for the 21st Century

By Rob Johnson

May 12, 2013

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, many of our policy makers and top economists are still stumbling in the dark.
A new way of thinking in economics

By Rob Johnson

Apr 2, 2013

What is the purpose of economics?
The Consequences of a Leaderless Economy

By Rob Johnson

Mar 26, 2013

What happens when there’s no leader in the global economy?
Years granted: 2013
The Significance of Inequality: Between Economics and Philosophy

Led by Martin O'Neill

This research project shows what economists can learn from political philosophers in thinking about economic inequality while also investigating the philosophical significance of recent empirical work on inequality, within economics and elsewhere.
What About the Questions That Economics Can’t Answer?

By Rob Johnson

Sep 24, 2012

Can economics be morally centered? And perhaps more importantly, should it be?
Years granted: 2011, 2012
Economic Thinking and Buddhist Thinking

Led by Ronald Wintrobe

This research projects aims to understand Buddhist thinking in rational choice terms and apply that to some important contemporary economic problems.