Archive
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Webinars and Events
Rebuilding Kerala Economy: Time for a Paradigm Shift?
ConferenceMar 22–23, 2019
Part of INET and the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) roundtable series, “Vikàsàrth: Development and the Economy.”
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Article
Krishna Bharadwaj, the Torchbearer of Economics
Mar 21, 2019
During her long career she illuminated many of the shortcomings of neoclassicism, and offered alternative paths
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Article
Is MMT “America First” Economics?
Mar 20, 2019
Modern monetary theorists ignore how their policies could hurt developing countries
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Video
The Future of Work Is Going to Be More Human
Mar 20, 2019
As automation takes on more routine tasks, work will become more about creativity, ethics, and empathy
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Article
Technology: From Copycats to Innovators
Mar 19, 2019
Richard Vague looks at what it’ll take for the U.S. to win the R&D race
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Article
Populism, Trump, and the Future of Democracy
Mar 15, 2019
The most popular political philosopher of his generation on liberal responsibility worldwide for the rise of the hard right
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Article
Better Labor Standards Must Underpin the Future of Work
Mar 14, 2019
As technology and deregulation continue to shape the labor market, maintaining strong worker protections is as important as ever
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Article
Why Economists Failed as “Experts”—and How to Make Them Matter Again
Mar 12, 2019
Economists should stop pretending to be scientists and go back to the core of the discipline—as a field of inquiry and way of thinking
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Research Program News
Global Commission Discusses Macroeconomics and Finance in New York
Mar 11, 2019
The latest meeting of INET’s Commission on Global Economic Transformation addressed the flaws in existing macroeconomic and financial models—and explored solutions to foster shared prosperity
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Article
Diversity and Excellence: Not A Zero Sum Game
Mar 11, 2019
As young scholars, we have formulated a new plan for fostering diversity in both identity and scholarly thinking in economics—preconditions for academic rigor.
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Article
Why We Need Diversity and Pluralism in Economics, Part I
Mar 8, 2019
INET talks to Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Claudia Goldin, and Maria Cristina Marcuzzo
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Article
Economic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System
Mar 7, 2019
US counties with prison labor often have lower wage and employment growth
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesEconomic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System
Mar 2019
Prisoners employed in manufacturing constitute 4.2% of total U.S. manufacturing employment in 2005; they produce cheap goods, creating labor demand shock.
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Video
Joe Stiglitz: The Challenges Facing China
Mar 6, 2019
The Nobel laureate economist discusses how an activist government is needed to tackle problems like climate change
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Article
Joan Robinson, the Rational Rebel
Mar 5, 2019
The heterodox scholar was a fierce critic of neoclassical economics. But she also insisted that economics be driven by science, not ideology.