Archive
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Video
Why We Should Decriminalize Sex Work
Mar 27, 2019
Stigmatizing and relegating an activity to the shadows doesn’t improve anyone’s welfare
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Article
Can Markets Corrode Relationships?
Mar 25, 2019
Kristen Ghodsee discusses her research on how love and relationships function under socialism and capitalism, and what economists miss about the rise of right-wing populism in Eastern Europe
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News
INET Event in Kerala Featured in Times of India
Mar 25, 2019
The Times of India features INET’s event, “Rebuilding Kerala Economy: Time for a Paradigm Shift?”
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News
INET Event in Kerala Featured in The Hindu
Mar 25, 2019
The Hindu features INET’s event, “Rebuilding Kerala Economy: Time for a Paradigm Shift?”
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Video
The Many Costs of Social Media Addiction
Mar 23, 2019
“Founding father” of virtual reality explores the ways digital platforms change economic relationships Computer scientist Jaron Lanier explains the uneasy relationship between an analog world and a corporate digital infrastructure.
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Article
Why We Need Diversity and Pluralism in Economics, Part II
Mar 22, 2019
INET talks to Jayati Ghosh and Marina Della Giusta
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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