Archive
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Article
Nothing Natural About the Natural Rate of Unemployment
Nov 24, 2017
With unemployment reaching very low levels in major economies, despite low – and slowly rising – inflation, it’s time for central banks to rethink their reliance on the so-called natural rate. No numerical target for this rate can serve as an anchor for monetary policy.
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Conference Session
China’s International Economic Strategy
Nov 21, 2017 | 04:00—05:30
The Implications of Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative for China and the World Economy
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Article
How Despair Helped Drive Trump to Victory
Nov 16, 2017
From the Rust Belt to Rural America, Economic and Social Distress Helped Shape the 2016 US Presidential Election Outcome
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News
Euractiv: Champion of ‘helicopter money’ questions universal basic income
Nov 14, 2017
“As chair of Britain’s Financial Services Authority, Adair Turner saw the collapse of the financial system firsthand. In the aftermath of the crisis, he became one of the main advocates of helicopter money – but today he doubts if universal basic income is the best way to address growing inequality. Adair Turner spoke with EURACTIV’s Jorge Valero during INET’s conference held in Edinburgh (Scotland”
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Article
China vs. the Washington Consensus
Nov 13, 2017
The 2008 financial crisis was a shock to faith in entirely free financial markets. But the neoliberal assumptions underlying the previously dominant “Washington Consensus” continue to inform much Western commentary on China’s economy.
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YSI Event
YSI @ UNCTAD International Debt Management Conference 2017
YSI
ConferenceNov 13–15, 2017
The Young Scholars Initiative will be hosting a group of young scholars to attend the meetings and discussions in and around UNCTAD International Debt Management Conference of 2017.
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Video
Scottish First Minister Opens #INET2017
Nov 10, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon covers a range of topics including how economists’ work relates to policymaking, the financial crisis and the dangers of groupthink, how dissatisfaction with stagnating wages and rising inequality played into political shocks like Brexit, the legacy of Adam Smith, why new economic thinking is so important, and what her government is doing to foster and apply it.
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Research Program News
BBC World Service Interviews CGET Commissioners Rob Johnson and Winnie Byanyima
Nov 10, 2017
Why the solution to global inequality may actually be the revival of old school policies such as public education and organised labour rights.
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Research Program News
BBC World Service Interviews CGET Commissioners Rob Johnson and Winnie Byanyima
Nov 10, 2017
Why the solution to global inequality may actually be the revival of old school policies such as public education and organised labour rights.
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YSI Event
The Crisis of Globalisation
21st FMM Conference
YSI
ConferenceNov 9–11, 2017
The 21 FMM conference of the The Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) will take place in Berlin on 9-11 November 2017.
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Video
Redefining Inequality
Nov 8, 2017
As the old lines continue to blur, what does inequality mean in the modern global economy? And, how does the economy need to evolve to address these changes?
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Video
Commission on Global Economic Transformation Announcement
Nov 6, 2017
Several founding CGET members announce the ambitious project and respond to questions from the press.
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Article
The Dark Side of Discrimination in the Economics Profession
Nov 3, 2017
How Women Are Forced to Conform to the Research Habits and Interests of Men
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Article
The Big Questions Are Back
Nov 3, 2017
How Germany, the EU and the economics field itself suffer from myopia—and what we can do about it
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Video
Economists Often Say History Is Irrelevant. That’s A Mistake
Nov 1, 2017
Examining the past is essential to understanding the present