Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Rejoinder to Flassbeck and Lapavitsas
It is high time to ditch this myth for at least the following five reasons.
The Scientific Limits of Understanding Complex Social Phenomena
Since Aristotle the question about the potential relationship between economic inequality and democratic changes has been studied and debated – but scientifically our ability as researchers to assess and understand how such complex social phenomena may be related is much more limited than recognised.
The Gift of Deregulation
‘Tis the season to celebrate gift giving. But for big banks Santa Claus comes all the time, in the form of handsomely wrapped subsidies and subtly packaged regulatory nuances worth more more gold than the wildest dreams of the Three Wise Men.
RMB in SDR, Now What?
Will Spain Reject Austerity?
Externalities and Public Goods: Theory OR Society?
How much does the standard theory of externalities and public goods really say?
What Can We Really Know About the Future of Stock Prices?
A gap between theory and reality has haunted economists.
The Institute and Income Distribution at GES 2015
The Institute recently sponsored several panels at the Kiel Global Economic Symposium. In particular, the panel on Income Distribution and Mobility struck us as likely to be of especially wide interest. We are grateful for the participation of all the scholars on them and are pleased to present summaries of their presentations here.
Seeing Microeconomics with New Eyes
A new online course challenges typical teaching approaches.
The Efficiency of Markets
The Fairness of Markets
Jim Chanos on What Lies Ahead for Greece
As Greece heads to the polls, a look back at the crisis and what the future will bring.
Max Roser collaborates with Hans Rosling on BBC Documentary
Institute for New Economic Thinking at Oxford researcher Max Roser recently collaborated with world famous Swedish statistical showman Hans Rosling on the upcoming documentary ‘Don’t Panic: How To End Poverty In 15 Years’.
Is it Just a Greek Problem?
Greece, Goldman Sachs, and the Dark Side of International Finance
Dubious transactions and flimsy accounting standards need scrutiny.