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We develop research that challenges economic orthodoxy and serves society.

Articles

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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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Learning from Karl Polanyi

Apr 9, 2015

The old political-economic thinking of Karl Polanyi was never properly absorbed into “mainstream” North Atlantic economics: recognizing that land, labor, and finance are not really “commodities” returns institutions and social processes to the center of economic analysis.

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Inequality or Living Standards: Which Matters More?

By Max Roser, Brian Nolan, and Stefan Thewissen

Apr 9, 2015

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Draghi’s Doom Loop(s): More than Just the Euthanasia of the Rentiers

By Robert W. Parenteau

Apr 7, 2015

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Tap... Tap... Tap... Is This Thing on?

Apr 5, 2015

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Mission-Oriented Finance for Innovation: new ideas for investment-led growth

By Mariana Mazzucato

Mar 19, 2015

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Sir John and Maynard Would Have Rejected the IS-LM Framework for Conducting Macroeconomic Analysis

By Mario Seccareccia and Marc Lavoie

Mar 19, 2015

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The Coming China Crisis

By Richard Vague

Mar 18, 2015

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Get a TAN, Yanis: A Timely Alternative Financing Instrument for Greece

By Robert W. Parenteau

Mar 12, 2015

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New Theoretical Perspectives on the Distribution of Income and Wealth Among Individuals

Mar 10, 2015

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Why Understanding Money Matters in Greece

By Marshall Auerback and Robert W. Parenteau

Mar 6, 2015

The solutions to Greece’s crisis challenge many existing economic paradigms, including the concept of “money” itself.

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Can Democracy Survive Aggressive Global Capitalism?

By Lynn Parramore

Mar 6, 2015

Rana Dasgupta shares his view of the contradictions and tensions of India’s economic and political scenes.

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Drooping Green Shoots

By Lance Taylor

Mar 5, 2015

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Paul Krugman on the MIT History

By Pedro G. Duarte

Mar 2, 2015

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How India’s Traumatic Capitalism is Reshaping the World

By Lynn Parramore

Mar 2, 2015

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What does Yanis Varoufakis want?

By Floris Heukelom

Feb 26, 2015