Archive
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Video
Why Economic Analysis Can’t Ignore Racial Categories
Dec 20, 2016
What Donald Trump does well, Professor john a. powell explains, is link economic concerns with ontological and racial concerns among his voters. Many economists and social justice activists, by contrast, try to reduce racial concerns to economic and class concerns. His presentation demonstrates the centrality, conscious or unconscious, of belonging and ‘otherness’ in comprehending the structures of society.
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Article
Inequality in the United States: A Darkening Horizon
Dec 19, 2016
Institute for New Economic Thinking-backed research into inequality explores how taxes and government policy have contributed to deepening economic inequality
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Article
Contemplating the Age of Hyper-Uncertainty
Dec 19, 2016
In the 40th anniversary year of John Kenneth Galbraith’s Age of Uncertainty, the 1970s look remarkably stable in comparison with today’s turbulent world
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Article
Many Politicians Voting for the TARP Bailout Protected Their Own Wealth
Dec 16, 2016
Amid heightened focus on conflicts of interests, new research shows how legislators’ votes on the 2008 bank bailout tracked with the exposure to peril of their personal stock portfolios
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Article
The Geopolitics of Populism
Dec 13, 2016
The big question in Asian countries right now is what lesson to take from Donald Trump’s victory in the United States’ presidential election, and from the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, in which British voters opted to leave the European Union. Unfortunately, the focus is not where it should be: geopolitical change.
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Conference Session
The Trump Agenda and the Economic and Investment Outlook for 2017
Dec 13, 2016 | 04:00—05:30
A discussion on President-elect Trump’s economic agenda and its implications for the U.S. and world economies.
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Article
Heckman Study: Investment in Early Childhood Education Yields Substantial Gains for the Economy
Dec 12, 2016
New research by Nobel Laureate and Institute for New Economic Thinking Advisory Board member James Heckman finds strong economic gains from birth-to-five education programs
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Article
Race and Economics: Exploring Headwinds and Resilience
Dec 8, 2016
The Institute for New Economic Thinking’s recent Detroit event on race and economics noted both the structural impediments faced by African-Americans, and the impressive gains made in some communities despite those headwinds
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Article
Capitalism in the Time of Trump?
Dec 8, 2016
As the world turns upside down, Mariana Mazzucato discusses how to shape an economy that works for everyone
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Video
Curriculum Reform is Vital if Economics is to Serve Humanity
Dec 7, 2016
Joe Earle, co-founder of The Post-Crash Economics Society, member of Rethinking Economics and co-author of the Econocracy, explains why his group is trying to democratize economics as a conversation and a policy–making process.
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Article
Older workers in Rust-Belt States have been economic losers since Reagan
Dec 6, 2016
Slight increases in national-average earnings for older workers mask long-run stagnation and decline in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – states that unexpectedly voted for Donal Trump
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Article
Eurozone Crisis Was Caused More By Reckless Lending Than By Reckless Spending
Dec 5, 2016
Remedies have failed to produced growth and reduce indebtedness because they’re focused on protecting toxic behavior by banks in Europe’s core countries
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Article
Volcker: Tackle the Unfinished Business of 2008
Dec 5, 2016
The Volcker Alliance has launched a series of new papers with important proposals for reforming financial regulations to guard against future crises
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesThe Equal Employment Opportunity Omission
Dec 2016
On June 2, 1965, under a mandate established by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Congress created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to enforce federal anti-discrimination laws related to employment. The expectation was that African Americans would be prime beneficiaries of the EEOC.
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Webinars and Events
Financial Crises
ConferenceShadow Banks, Short-term Debt, and Structural Issues
Dec 5, 2016
The Volcker Alliance and the Institute for New Economic Thinking convened a group of influential thinkers for a half-day forum to discuss regulatory and structural changes needed to ensure the stability and resilience of financial markets.