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We are economists and thinkers from a range of disciplines who challenge conventional wisdom and advance ideas to better serve society.

Research

We develop research that challenges economic orthodoxy and serves society.

Articles

Commentary, analysis, interviews, and research summaries by INET-affiliated writers.

Video

Interviews, presentations and video series with provocative economic thinkers, public figures and students.

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Events

To foster new economic thinking, we host convenings that gather together a diverse community of thinkers from different fields, countries, and schools of thought.

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Through the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), INET provides support to students, young professionals, or others who embrace new and critical ways of thinking about the economy. YSI fosters conversation among those who wish to engage with new economic thinking and connects young scholars to the Institute’s vast network of economists.

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Articles

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

Article

How Important is the Unemployment Rate for the Wage Rate?

By Walter Paternesi Meloni and Antonella Stirati

Sep 28, 2020

Persistent changes in unemployment have lasting consequences for income distribution

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How Bankers Hide Losses

By Edward J. Kane

Sep 24, 2020

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The Master and the Prodigy

By William Janeway

Sep 22, 2020

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How NAFTA Lost Democrats the South

By Gavin Wright

Sep 15, 2020

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It’s Time for a Debt “Jubilee”

By Richard Vague

Sep 11, 2020

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Book Launch: Macroeconomic Inequality from Reagan to Trump

By Lance Taylor and Özlem Ömer

Sep 10, 2020

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America’s Dire Inequality Demands a New Conceptual Framework. This Economist Has One.

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 10, 2020

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What Happens When a Noted Female Economist Fights Toxic Culture in the Field?

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 9, 2020

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Summary of the Book Macroeconomic Inequality From Reagan to Trump

By Lance Taylor

Sep 3, 2020

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US Tax Dollars Funded Every New Pharmaceutical in the Last Decade

By Fred Ledley, Ekaterina Cleary, and Matthew Jackson

Sep 2, 2020

Amid debates over costs—and profits—from a coronavirus vaccine, a new study shows that taxpayers have been footing the bill for every new drug approved between 2010 and 2019

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Professor Kako Nubukpo: COVID-19 Shows that Global Value Chains Shouldn’t Keep Africa in Chains of Dependence

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Sep 1, 2020

During this interview, Professor Kako Nubukpo, Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Lomé, Togo and former Minister of Prospective and Evaluation of Public Policy of Togo considers the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 crisis and its repercussions on monetary policy and fiscal reforms underway in West and Central Africa today.

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Pr Kako Nubukpo: « Le Covid-19 montre que les chaînes de valeur mondiales ne devraient pas être des chaînes de dépendance pour l’Afrique »

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Sep 1, 2020

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Second Round: Final Reply to Smithers

By Lance Taylor

Aug 31, 2020

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Second Round: The Labor Share of Corporate Income

By Andrew Smithers

Aug 31, 2020

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Comment on Lance Taylor’s “’Savings Glut’ Fables and International Trade Theory: An Autopsy”

By Andrew Smithers

Aug 24, 2020