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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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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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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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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The Consumer Welfare Standard of antitrust is outdated and defective
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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The Consumer Welfare Standard of antitrust is outdated and defective
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What's so Interesting About Interest?
Mar 30, 2022
Nobody likes to be in debt, but we owe even more to interest itself.
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On the Origins of Economic Cycles (and the Appeal of Keeping Models Simple)
Mar 22, 2022
An alternative to Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models
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At What Point Does a Billionaire’s Greed Hurt the Rest of Us?
Mar 21, 2022
The social cost of America’s economic royalty
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Our Economic System is Making Us Mentally Ill
Mar 18, 2022
The neoliberal economy was supposed to bring about a utopian world order. Instead, it gave us crippling psychological stress and social breakdown. How can we ever recover?
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Paper: Fragility and Resilience in Green Development in Africa: Intersections and Trade-offs
Mar 17, 2022
Fragility and Resilience in Green Development in Africa: Intersections and Trade-offs
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We Need to Learn From the Fight Against HIV/AIDS—and Its Mistakes—to Tackle COVID-19
Mar 16, 2022
An interview with INET Global Commissioner Winnie Byanyima
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Does Economics Understand China?
Mar 16, 2022
As a discipline rooted in exceptionalism and capitalist values, is economics capable of comprehending socialism?