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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

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What's Holding Back Reform in Economics?

Jul 31, 2014

Before reforming economics, we need to reform the discourse.

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Why Economics Curriculum Needs Historical Context?

Jun 24, 2014

Can Economists Be Adequate Without Studying History?

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Post-Crash Economics

Jun 18, 2014

Robert Skidelsky knocks the scientific halo off mainstream economists’ teaching and research

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Roiling India Politics Risks Economic Reforms

Jan 24, 2014

India’s economic leaders are determined to rein in skyrocketing inflation, but the country’s volatile political landscape may prevent reforms from taking hold.

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Capital Markets Balkanization Should Not Prevent Regulation

Jan 13, 2014

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.

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Institute for New Economic Thinking Launches Project to Reform Undergraduate Syllabus

Nov 10, 2013

In response to widespread discontent among students, employers, and university teachers, a project to create a new core curriculum for economics was launched at a seminar hosted by HM Treasury today. The CORE curriculum project, funded by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, convened the meeting, which was attended by academics, policymakers, business leaders, and students from around the world.

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We Can Do Better

Oct 24, 2013

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Trust and Finance

Oct 24, 2013

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The World Needs Eurobonds Now More Than Ever

Oct 23, 2013

The United States government openly flirting with a default on its debt is, to the financial system, like a Pope wondering out loud about the existence of God.