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

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Race May be Pseudo-Science, But Economists Ignore it at their Peril

Jan 6, 2017

Presented by Professor Dan O’Flaherty at the Institute’s conference on the economics of race in Detroit on 11 November, 2016

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If CEO Pay Was Measured Properly, It Would Look Even More Outrageous

Dec 22, 2016

Research funded by the Institute for New Economic Thinking has revealed that the SEC reports executive compensation using a formula that routinely undercounts it

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Chanos: Is a big change underway in global capitalism?

Dec 21, 2016

Milwaukee-born short-seller Jim Chanos, founder and managing partner of New York-based Kynikos Associates, teaches University of Wisconsin and Yale business students about corporate fraud. During his life and career, he has witnessed seismic shifts in economic thinking and the relationship between labor and capital. Chanos shares his thoughts on the world emerging from the election of Donald Trump and the tumultuous political events of 2016.