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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.

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

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Video series and courses for students and educators interested in exploring new economic thinking.

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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.

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The Scientific Limits of Understanding Complex Social Phenomena

By Alexander Krauss

Dec 17, 2015

Since Aristotle the question about the potential relationship between economic inequality and democratic changes has been studied and debated – but scientifically our ability as researchers to assess and understand how such complex social phenomena may be related is much more limited than recognised.

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The Gift of Deregulation

By Thomas Ferguson

Dec 14, 2015

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Renminbi to the Rescue?

Dec 10, 2015

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How Economics and Race Drive America’s Great Divide

By Lynn Parramore

Dec 10, 2015

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The SDR is the Catalyst for China’s Currency Internationalization

Dec 7, 2015

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Global Tax Dodging Just One Part of Pfizer’s Corrupt Business Model

By William Lazonick and Öner Tulum

Dec 3, 2015

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Replication and Transparency in Economic Research

By Jan H. Höffler

Dec 3, 2015

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RMB in SDR, Now What?

By Perry G. Mehrling

Dec 2, 2015

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The American Dual Economy: Race, Globalization and the Politics of Exclusion

Nov 30, 2015

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Will Spain Reject Austerity?

By Lynn Parramore

Nov 20, 2015

Spain’s future path for economic policy will soon be decided.

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Externalities and Public Goods: Theory OR Society?

By Sanjay Reddy

Nov 19, 2015

How much does the standard theory of externalities and public goods really say?

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What Can We Really Know About the Future of Stock Prices?

By Lynn Parramore

Nov 17, 2015

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Printing Money

By John Cassidy

Nov 16, 2015

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To Fix Inequality and Steady the Economy, Think Radically

By Lynn Parramore

Nov 12, 2015

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The Wesley Clair Mitchell medal : the AEA award that never came to be

By Beatrice Cherrier

Nov 11, 2015