Archive
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Video
The Rise of Fake News
Nov 2, 2018
Right-wing news sources have stopped playing by the rules of journalism
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Article
Big Money—Not Political Tribalism—Drives US Elections
Oct 31, 2018
Conventional wisdom asserts that American politics is becoming more and more tribal. But the chiefs of the tribes share a lot in common: dependence on big money.
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News
The Intercept: Donald Trump Exploited Long-Term Economic Distress to Fuel His Election Victory, Study Finds
Oct 31, 2018
The Intercept covers a new INET paper from our Research Director Tom Ferguson and his co-authors.
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Article
Economic Distress Did Drive Trump’s Win
Oct 31, 2018
Contrary to the dominant media narrative, social issues like racism and sexism on their own can’t explain Trump’s success.
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesThe Economic and Social Roots of Populist Rebellion: Support for Donald Trump in 2016
Oct 2018
This paper critically analyzes voting patterns in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Video
The Rise of China and the Future of Work
Oct 29, 2018
The Rise of China and the Future of WorkArtificial intelligence could replace routine jobs but allow us to “pursue dreams”
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YSI Event
YSI @ FMM Conference: 10 Years after the Crash
YSI
ConferenceOct 25–27, 2018
What did societies and politicians learn from the crash? What have been theoretical achievements in orthodox and heterodox economic thinking since then? Where do we go from here?
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Article
Beyond the Dollar
Oct 24, 2018
The current international monetary system is costly, unfair, and risky. “Economic nationalism” and deregulation in the U.S. will make it worse. A multilateral alternative is needed.
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Video
Can America Survive the Rule of a “Stupified Plutocracy”?
Oct 24, 2018
Donald Trump, democracy, and how the wealthy crush the American Dream
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YSI Event
1st GLOBELICS pre-Conference for Young Scholars
Workshop Series on Financing of Innovation and Infrastructure for Development
YSI
WorkshopOct 23, 2018
The YSI Economics of Innovation, Economic Development and Africa Working Groups, in partnership with Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS), Globelics Alumni, are organizing the 1st GLOBELICS Pre-Conference for Young Scholars entitled ‘Financing of Innovation and Infrastructure for Development’.
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Article
Partisan Frenzy Rules Washington, but Does it Have to Rule Americans?
Oct 22, 2018
To connect across difference is the only thing that will save us from rule by the privileged few.
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Article
Why Wages Are Stagnating in Latin America
Oct 19, 2018
William Lazonick has shown how the doctrine of “shareholder value” has hurt wages in the United States. But in Latin America, where family corporations dominate, the story is more complicated.
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News
Jacobin Features INET Paper on 2016 Election
Oct 19, 2018
Jacobin Magazine features research from INET Research Director Tom Ferguson and co-authors on big business support for Donald Trump in the 2016 campaign.
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Video
New Economic Thinking Needs Old Ideas
Oct 17, 2018
Investigating the history of economic thought fuels innovative thinking
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YSI Event
Economics and the Development of Africa
YSI Workshop @ 13th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network
YSI
WorkshopOct 13, 2018
The YSI Africa Working Group is convening in Bologna, Italy in conjunction with the 13th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network. Our meeting in Bologna follows what promises to be a successful convention in August 2018 at the YSI Africa Convening in Harare, Zimbabwe. The YSI Africa Working Group is committed to continuing important conversations about how economic history can contribute to the study of development of Africa. We are particularly interested in thinking about the types of new approaches to the study of economics and economic history.