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Innovation, Institutions and Governance

YSI
Conference
Sep 16–19, 2017

The YSI Economics of Innovation Working Group in partnership with the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology is hosting a YSI Conference on “Innovation, Institutions and Governance”.
Fighting for Gender Equality in Economics Is Not Nearly Enough

By Orsola Costantini and Giulia Zacchia

Mar 1, 2019

The field of economics is aggressively sexist and biased against new and unconventional ideas. Revelations about gender and ethnic discrimination show the need to reorient the whole system toward more freedom, respect, openness, and pluralism. But how?
Working Paper Series
American Gothic: How Chicago Economics Distorts “Consumer Welfare” in Antitrust

By Mark Glick

Jul 2019

The Chicago School has long used bankrupt assumptions to strangle antitrust policy.
Learn the Language of Power

Featuring Ha-Joon Chang

Oct 30, 2019

Economists make what we do seem complicated, says Ha-Joon Chang. It’s not.
Modeling the Financial System with a Corn Economy – “misleading and disastrous”

By Peter Bofinger

Jan 3, 2020

A critique of Mankiw’s Macroeconomics
Sunshine and Gloom in San Diego

By Institute Staff

Jan 16, 2020

The AEA and the Crisis of Expertise