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What Really Drives Long-Term Interest Rates?
Apr 29, 2022
Contrary to the neoclassical loanable funds theory, historical bond yields show Keynes was right that “convictions” anchor long-term interest rates
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesGovernment Deficits and Interest Rates: A Keynesian View
Apr 2022
Contrary to the neoclassical loanable funds theory, historical bond yields show Keynes was right that “convictions” anchor long-term interest rates
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Article
How Economics Found Science …and Lost its Subject Matter
Apr 27, 2022
Re-evaluating the “equality-efficiency” trade-off
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Video
Disentangling Economic Thinking
Apr 20, 2022
It’s not as simple as orthodox vs. heterodox.
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News
Lynn Parramore's Article Cited in The New Republic
Apr 20, 2022
Lynn Parramore’s INET article is cited in The New Republic
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Article
Data Competition Won’t Protect Your Privacy
Apr 13, 2022
Regulators propose democratizing data and encouraging competition to reign in Big Tech. But such moves won’t go far enough in protecting user privacy. New: A reply to critics
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Article
The Ukrainian War and the End of Globalization?
Apr 11, 2022
Economic sanctions against Russia are adding to a major redistribution of income from workers and middle-class consumers to profits in international trade.
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Article
A Sobering View of High Fuel Prices, Green Energy, and Biden’s Plans to Help Europe
Apr 6, 2022
Veteran researcher sheds light on what’s going on, how long the pain might last, and possible paths forward.
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Education
We develop resources for students and educators interested in exploring new economic thinking.
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Article
Event Video: MLK 55 Years Later: Can The Church Study War No More?
Apr 4, 2022
On April 4th, 1967, at a time when the justness and necessity of the Vietnam War was broadly accepted, Dr. King issued a stirring rebuke of the U.S. establishment. He was criticized heavily for challenging US foreign policy; he was told to stick to civil rights.
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Article
Letter to SEC: How Stock Buybacks Undermine Investment in Innovation for the Sake of Stock-Price Manipulation
Apr 1, 2022
A comment on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rule “Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization”
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Working Paper
Working PaperInvesting in Innovation: A Policy Framework for Attaining Sustainable Prosperity in the United States
Apr 2022
Business firms are not alone in making investments in the productive capabilities required to generate innovative goods and services. Household units and government agencies also make investments in productive capabilities upon which business firms rely for their own investment activities.
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Article
The Economic Case for Neo-Brandeisian Antitrust Goals
Mar 30, 2022
The Consumer Welfare Standard of antitrust is outdated and defective
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Article
Lecture: Making India a Prosperous and Happy Nation at 100
Mar 30, 2022
Distinguished Public Lecture on “Making India a Prosperous and Happy Nation @100”, by Dr. Ajay Chhibber, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economic Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University on Tuesday, 22 March 2022.
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesAn Economic Defense of Multiple Antitrust Goals: Reversing Income Inequality and Promoting Political Democracy
Mar 2022
The Consumer Welfare Standard of antitrust is outdated and defective