Archive
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Video
Building a Bridge Between Political And Economic Reform
Feb 23, 2014
In this “New Economic Thinking” interview, EBRD Chief Economist and Special Adviser to the President Erik Berglof, who also is a member of the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s Governing Board, discusses the report’s findings with Institute President Rob Johnson.
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Article
Is Italy's New Government Just More of the Same?
Feb 22, 2014
A showdown has taken place within Italy’s governing coalition.
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Video
Inequality and the Current Account
Feb 17, 2014
Institute for New Economic Thinking grantees Christian Belabed and Thomas Theobald and their co-authors have revived this old theory as a hypothesis to explain the apparent statistical link between rising income inequality and current account deficits.
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Article
Thomas Scheiding: A history of scholarly communication in economics
Feb 10, 2014
We invited Thomas Scheiding from Cardinal Stritch University to review what we know about the scholarly communication process in economics. Tom has written forcefully on the history and economics of economic literature (see for instance, his 2009 JEM article). His latest is a study of the scholarly communication process in physics (an article in Studies).
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Article
Escaping The Addiction to Private Debt Is Essential for Long-Term Economic Stability
Feb 10, 2014
Inflation targeting insufficient: central banks and governments must manage the quantity and mix of credit created
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Video
A Computer Simulation of Monetary Dynamics
Feb 1, 2014
Sometimes new tools are what we need to create new thinking.
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesSovereigns versus Banks: Credit, Crises and Consequences
Feb 2014
Two separate narratives have emerged in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. One interpretation speaks of private financial excess and the key role of the banking system in leveraging and deleveraging the economy. The other emphasizes the public sector balance sheet over the private and worries about the risks of lax fiscal policies. However, the two may interact in important and understudied ways.
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Article
Macroeconomics in Perspective
Jan 31, 2014
Last week the “Macroeconomics in Perspective Workshop” was held at the Department of Economics of the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), in Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium
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Article
Macroeconomics in Perspective
Jan 31, 2014
Reflections of the Université Catholique de Louvain “Macroeconomics in Perspective Workshop”
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Article
Roiling India Politics Risks Economic Reforms
Jan 24, 2014
India’s economic leaders are determined to rein in skyrocketing inflation, but the country’s volatile political landscape may prevent reforms from taking hold.
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Video
The Myth of Maximizing Shareholder Value
Jan 22, 2014
Lazonick discusses how we evolved from a society in which corporate interests were largely aligned with those of broader public purpose into a state where crony capitalism, accounting fraud, and corporate predation are predominant characteristics.
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Article
Capital Markets Balkanization Should Not Prevent Regulation
Jan 13, 2014
Fears that bank regulation or capital controls could lead to a “balkanisation” of global capital markets are overstated and should not constrain policy action to address the problems created by volatile short term capital flows and excessive credit creation, says Adair Turner, Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and former chairman of the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority.
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Article
When is a Bubble a Bubble?
Jan 11, 2014
Bubbles have become a major focus of discussion in today’s financial markets. But very few people actually define what they mean when describing this financial phenomenon.
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Webinars and Events
Winter School on Law and Finance
WorkshopJan 5–8, 2014
The Institute will host the Winter School on Law and Finance at Columbia University’s Global Center in Paris on January 6-9, 2014.
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Video
Financial Reform in a Crisis: The Swedish Solution
Jan 3, 2014
Did the so-called “Scandinavian approach” offer a better alternative than the Geithner plan?