469 Videos
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Are Corporations’ Financial Investments Slowing Growth?
Aug 9, 2017
Davis looks at the financialization of non-financial corporations—i.e., firms that traditionally produce goods and services and invest in machinery, buildings and technology rather than trade in financial assets—and asks what it means that they’re taking on large financial investments.
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Institutions, Democracy, and Economic Development
Aug 2, 2017
Robinson explains how natural experiments are done and why they’re useful. He also explains distribution of power and development of state play critical roles in successful economies.
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The Four Horsemen of the Econopocalypse
Jul 26, 2017
If standard economic theory can’t explain a traffic jam, how can it cope with crises?
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The Retirement Wealth Inequality Machine
Jul 12, 2017
Professor Ghilarducci describes the roadblocks to securing retirement and retirement plans beyond the 401k.
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How Not to Criticize Standard Economic Models
Jul 5, 2017
Mason doesn’t think teaching contending economic theories is effective, and sees the objective of introductory economics courses as teaching students basic tools to understand economic terminology and standard relationship between cause and effect.
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How to Resist Trump’s “Toxic To-Do List”
Jun 15, 2017
Naomi Klein discusses her new book, No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need.
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Do Economists Have Social Responsibilities?
Jun 7, 2017
Economics is not, nor can it be, value-free.
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Oceanic Economics
May 31, 2017
Ocean expert Peter Neill says the watery depths hold solutions to earth’s most pressing challenges
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Microfinance & Austerity: No Womens' Empowerment without Community Involvement
May 17, 2017
How austerity policies and microfinance can bankrupt rather than empower women. Professor Girón discusses why microfinance cannot replace development banks.
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Europe Will Find A Way Forward with the Euro
May 10, 2017
A breakup of the Euro will be too difficult and costly for member countries.
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The Push and Pull of Inequality and Identity
May 3, 2017
Professor Dutt discusses how group identity is key to addressing inequality and how inequality can disrupt group identity.
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The Rise and Fall of the American Middle Class
Apr 19, 2017
How rationalization, marketization, and globalization characterize the U.S. economy during the past 50 years, and how the behavior of companies and fate of American workers have changed during this process.
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Making Innovation Work for China and other Developing Countries
Apr 12, 2017
Along the entire “innovation chain” — from research and development, to production and commercialization — government and private sectors have very different roles to play.
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A Turbulent Capitalist Economy: The vision of Anwar Shaikh
Apr 5, 2017
In a recent interview at the INET offices in New York, Anwar Shaikh provided a background to the work and his life in this quest.
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Women Foot the Bill for Economic Growth, Parity Requires Social Investment
Mar 22, 2017
Pursuing equality while growing the economy requires reframing social spending as a form of investment.