Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
They called it a sunspot
Why Keynes is Important Today
Income and Wealth Distribution in Germany: A Macroeconomic Perspective
Household economic surveys, such as the German Socio-Economic Panel, notoriously underestimate the degree of income and wealth inequality at the upper end of the distribution.
Nobel Win Doesn’t Equate To Policy Prescriptions
The “keys under the streetlight story” is well known among economists, but in case you haven’t heard it, it goes like this.
The torch that wouldn't burn - UCLA in 1968
Employment as University Professor is by comparison with the grind of the professional world a peaceful, perhaps even relaxing, assignment.
Destabilizing A Stable Crisis
Self-Control and Public Pensions
Our welfare depends not only on our actual consumption, but also on alternate choices wedid not make.
HES 2014: It made a happy man very old!
This year, the History of Economics Society (HES) meeting was organized at the University of Quebec at Montreal. The meeting was, on the whole, a nice affair, there were plenty of interesting sessions, I reconvened with old friends and was able to present there my latest work and receive constructive comments.
Post-Crash Economics
We Can Blog it!
Piketty and thinking about economics
There is a new economics rock-star touring the US by all accounts, and his name is Thomas Piketty.
Charles Babbage and the History of Innovative Thinking
The forthcoming Institute for New Economic Thinking conference will focus on innovation and its impact on economics and society. When we think about innovation we tend to imagine the future. But as with so many subjects in economics, it’s also useful to examine the past.
Is Italy's New Government Just More of the Same?
A showdown has taken place within Italy’s governing coalition.