June 2011

Andrew Sheng - Sustainability Requires Caging Godzillas

Financial business is creating credit without limit until a crisis occurs. That’s the fundamental flaw which caused the current crisis, says Andrew Sheng in this INET interview. Read more

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INET Welcomes the History of Economics Playground

A refrain heard many times at the Bretton Woods conference was the need for an economics that is grounded by a clear sense of history. This week INET is pleased to announce a step in that direction, welcoming the History of Economics Playground as a new featured blog on our website. Read more

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David Hale - Where the World Economy Is Headed

Contemplate Possible Economic Scenarios of the Future to Inspire New Thinking Read more

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Ha-Joon Chang - Economics Upside Down

The Conventional Wisdom of Free Market, Free Trade Economics is Often Wrong and Sometimes Needs to be Flipped on its Head Read more

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INET and CIGI Award Spring 2011 Grants

INET and CIGI Award Spring 2011 Grants: The grants offer a diversity of approaches and global perspectives that target critical issues that have been neglected by conventional economic analysis. Read more

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