About

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.

Podcast

Economics and Beyond with Rob Johnson, a podcast featuring interviews with some of the world’s most important thinkers, artists, and activists about the pressing issues of our time. The podcast is also available on all major podcasting platforms, such as Apple, Spotify, Google, and Podbean.

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.

YSI

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.

Topics

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Grants

Years granted: 2011,
Money and Empire: A Biography of the Dollar

Led by Perry G. Mehrling

This research project recounts the intellectual history of the dollar as an international reserve currency, starting with World War I, which brought the international gold standard to an end, and continuing all the way up to the present global financial crisis.
Years granted: 2011
Paul Samuelson and the Keynesian Golden Age

Led by Wade Hands

This research project develops a much better understanding of Paul Samuelson’s life, work, and broader political-economic vision through archival research at Duke University’s Paul Samuelson archives.
Years granted:
The Methodology of Systematic Risk

Led by John Davis and Wade Hands

This research project explores the factors producing “herding” in the economics profession and professional investment community with the goal of articulating policy changes appropriate to the organization of the economics profession and its practices in particular.