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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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Education

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

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.

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Modeling a World of Imperfect Knowledge

By Elham Saeidinezhad

Dec 21, 2013

Does it matter if the Rational Expectations Hypothesis is unrealistic?

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Solomonic Judgment vs. Sophists, Economists and Calculators [1] [2]

By Raphaële Chappe

Dec 12, 2013

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Our Hansen Moment

By Elham Saeidinezhad

Dec 5, 2013

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In which MIT decided to teach micro first so as to make economics more relevant

By Beatrice Cherrier

Dec 4, 2013

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Mature history of economics

Dec 1, 2013

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[PART 1] U.S. Current Account Deficits and German Surpluses: The Role of Income Distribution in Global Imbalances

By Till van Treeck

Nov 25, 2013

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In the thick of it (labels and research)

Nov 24, 2013

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Do social movements create new ideas?

Nov 12, 2013

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Institute for New Economic Thinking Launches Project to Reform Undergraduate Syllabus

Nov 10, 2013

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Harry Dexter White and the History of Bretton Woods

By James Boughton

Nov 9, 2013

Why does Benn Steil’s history of Bretton Woods distort the ideas of Harry Dexter White?

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Too Much Debt: Adair Turner on the Dangers of Excessive Sector Leverage

Nov 7, 2013

Adair Lord Turner, former Chairman of Great Britain’s Financial Services Authority and current Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, argued in a keynote address to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on Thursday that central banks must be equipped in future to address the dangers of excessive private sector leverage, using both pre-emptive interest rate policy and macro-prudential policy tools.

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[PART 2] U.S. Current Account Deficits and German Surpluses: The Role of Income Distribution in Global Imbalances

By Till van Treeck, Jan Behringer, Christian Belabed, and Thomas Theobald

Nov 6, 2013

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Economic Policy Must Address Excessive Private Sector Leverage

Nov 6, 2013

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Finance and the Death of Trust

By Simon Johnson

Oct 27, 2013

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Cyprus Fiasco Could Undermine the Euro Zone

Oct 25, 2013