Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
A History of the JEL Codes: Classifying Economics During the War [Part 1]
In the spring of 1940, as the war in Europe escalated and the likelihood of American involvement grew greater and greater, scientists understood that they would soon be drafted to help national defense planning.
How to Make Economics Students More Critical and Adaptive Thinkers?
Can we learn something from philosophy students?
What's Holding Back Reform in Economics?
Before reforming economics, we need to reform the discourse.
The Nature of Invention
Why Economics Curriculum Needs Historical Context?
Can Economists Be Adequate Without Studying History?
Post-Crash Economics
Robert Skidelsky knocks the scientific halo off mainstream economists’ teaching and research
We Can Blog it!
Macroeconomics in Perspective
Macroeconomics in Perspective
Roiling India Politics Risks Economic Reforms
India’s economic leaders are determined to rein in skyrocketing inflation, but the country’s volatile political landscape may prevent reforms from taking hold.
Capital Markets Balkanization Should Not Prevent Regulation
Fears that bank regulation or capital controls could lead to a “balkanisation” of global capital markets are overstated and should not constrain policy action to address the problems created by volatile short term capital flows and excessive credit creation, says Adair Turner, Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and former chairman of the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority.
Mature history of economics
Do social movements create new ideas?
The short answer is yes. For the long answer I will make you sit through seven paragraphs.