Economics Profession

New research shows how citation metrics create perverse incentives for corruption in economics

Wade Hands argues that empiricism without theory is insufficient

An update from INET’s Young Scholars Initiative

The New York Times’ Binyamin Appelbaum explains the role Democratic presidents, from Kennedy to Obama, in moving economic policy to the right

Economists like to say they’re immune from ideological influence. Our research shows the opposite.

Economics needs to better incorporate other social sciences

Progressive movements can and should push for pluralism in economics

The Chicago School has long used bankrupt assumptions to strangle antitrust policy

By promoting unrealisitc models, economists have become part of problem rather than the solution

The idea that businesses are run to maximize profits for shareholders is just plain wrong, says William Lazonick

Dani Rodrik says that when ideas become conventional wisdom, we are blind to their limitations

INET talks to Jayati Ghosh and Marina Della Giusta

As young scholars, we have formulated a new plan for fostering diversity in both identity and scholarly thinking in economics—preconditions for academic rigor.