Economics Profession

The AEA and the Crisis of Expertise

A critique of Mankiw’s Macroeconomics

Economists make what we do seem complicated, says Ha-Joon Chang. It’s not.

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

Wade Hands argues that empiricism without theory is insufficient

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

An update from INET’s Young Scholars Initiative

Economics needs to better incorporate other social sciences

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

Progressive movements can and should push for pluralism in economics

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

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

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

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

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