Archive
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Video
The New Feudalism
Jan 9, 2019
Under the guise of “philanthropy,” business elites have an increasing grip on society
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News
New Economic Thinking at AEA 2019
Jan 7, 2019
This year’s American Economics Association conference featured INET researchers, a cocktail reception, and a new interactive poll
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Research Program
Private Debt
The Private Debt initiative is an opportunity to articulate how private debt impacts the economy and to specify the pathways for its effects. The initiative will also lead to better knowledge for the use of regulators, policymakers, journalists, and the public. Finally, the Private Debt initiative will open a better-informed dialogue towards tangible solutions to the problems posed by excessive private debt.
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Article
The Hidden Decline in Human Capital—and the Danger Ahead
Jan 2, 2019
U.S. GDP accounting underestimates intangible capital, overstates financial capital, and is all but oblivious to the the erosion of human and social capital. A serious growth slowdown is coming.
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Article
Piketty's World Inequality Review: A Critical Analysis
Jan 2, 2019
Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have insisted that tax records are better for measuring inequality than income surveys. They’re wrong.
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesFinance in Economic Growth: Eating the Family Cow
Jan 2019
The American economy changed rapidly in the last half-century. The National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) were designed before these changes started. They have stretched to accommodate new and growing service activities, but they are still organized for an industrial economy.
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News
Vox Features INET Climate Research
Dec 31, 2018
Vox features INET’s package of climate research
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Video
The New Economic Giants
Dec 26, 2018
Eisuke Sakakibara: China and India will become titans on the world stage
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Video
Can Markets Corrupt Social Values?
Dec 14, 2018
Judge Richard Posner and Michael Sandel debate the moral limits of markets
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News
The Atlantic Features INET
Dec 14, 2018
The Atlantic features INET’s curriculum committee
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YSI Event
YSI Info Session & Panel Discussion:
Political Economy and New Economic Thinking
YSI
DiscussionDec 13, 2018
Learn about the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and join a panel discussion on Political Economy and New Economic Thinking with Thomas Ferguson, Perry Mehrling, and Katharina Pistor.
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Article
Toxic Philanthropy? The Spirit of Giving While Taking
Dec 10, 2018
America’s new “philanthrocapitalists” are enabling social problems rather than solving them
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Webinars and Events
Artha Vivaad: Innovation Economy and the State
DiscussionDec 10, 2018
A panel discussion on the importance of the role of the state alongside private enterprise to encourage innovative entrepreneurship, productivity and economic growth in an “Innovation Economy.”
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News
INET Welcomes Clive Cowdery to Its Governing Board
Dec 7, 2018
Cowdery brings his expertise in business, foundations, and publishing to INET
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Video
Why Economics Needs a Moral Dimension
Dec 7, 2018
Rob Johnson and Michael Sandel discuss the limits of rational choice