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We are economists and thinkers from a range of disciplines who challenge conventional wisdom and advance ideas to better serve society.

Research

We develop research that challenges economic orthodoxy and serves society.

Articles

Commentary, analysis, interviews, and research summaries by INET-affiliated writers.

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Interviews, presentations and video series with provocative economic thinkers, public figures and students.

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Economics and Beyond with Rob Johnson, a podcast featuring interviews with some of the world’s most important thinkers, artists, and activists about the pressing issues of our time. The podcast is also available on all major podcasting platforms, such as Apple, Spotify, Google, and Podbean.

Education

Video series and courses for students and educators interested in exploring new economic thinking.

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To foster new economic thinking, we host convenings that gather together a diverse community of thinkers from different fields, countries, and schools of thought.

YSI

Through the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), INET provides support to students, young professionals, or others who embrace new and critical ways of thinking about the economy. YSI fosters conversation among those who wish to engage with new economic thinking and connects young scholars to the Institute’s vast network of economists.

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Archive

Working Paper
Conference paper
Income Distribution and the Current Account: A Sectoral Perspective

By Jan Behringer and Till van Treeck

Dec 2013

We analyse the link between income distribution and the current account for the period 1972-2007. We find that rising (top-end) personal inequality leads to a decrease of the current account, ceteris paribus.
Working Paper
Grantee paper
Method to simultaneously determine stock, flow, and parameter values in large stock flow consistent models

By Stephen Kinsella, Antoine Godin, and Gnanonobodom Tiou-Tagba Aliti

Jun 2012

Stock flow consistent macroeconomic models suffer from the lack of a coherent estimation method due to the complicated nature of the modeling process.
Working Paper
Conference paper
Debt Overhang and Capital Regulation

By Anat Admati, Peter M. DeMarzo, Martin Hellwig, and Paul Pfleiderer

Apr 2012

We analyze shareholders’ incentives to change the leverage of a firm that has already borrowed substantially. As a result of debt overhang, shareholders have incentives to resist reductions in leverage that make the remaining debt safer.