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The impenetrability of this continuously expanding Ptolemaic New Keynesian paradigm is maddening

The re-emergence of inflation threw the ‘science of monetary policy’ off the rails. Do the new tweaks to the theory work?

Post-Chicago Economists vs. New Brandeisians on the New Merger Guidelines

The economists are not what they seem.

What is GM CEO Mary Barra’s take-home pay? (It’s more than you are being told)

The tech giant is in the hot seat, but it’s going to be a “big fight,” warns antitrust expert Mark Glick.

Can finance stop hindering and start helping the green transition?

New INET Governing Board Member Announcement

We have made progress but not enough to forestall crises

Professor Rebeca Gomez Betancourt explores the transformative roles of pioneering women like Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Hazel Kyrk in the field of economics.

The “liquidity” support provided by the Fed to megabanks through cross-border lending in fact acted as subsidies

Creating the post-2008 global safety net for mega-banks

What lessons need to be drawn on this anniversary?

On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, a giant investment bank with a storied history, filed for bankruptcy. The shock was profound; world markets melted down.

By all accounts infection rates have ebbed. But were we good or were we lucky?