Archive
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Video
How Economics Became a Cult
Sep 26, 2018
Steve Keen: “What an education in economics does is make you into a zealot
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Article
Joseph Stiglitz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Talk Social and Economic Justice
Sep 25, 2018
A Nobel Prize-winning economist and the second-most-famous democratic socialist in America sit down together
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YSI Working Group News
The 2008 Global Financial Crisis as History - YSI Webinar series
YSI
Sep 25, 2018
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. …This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not before.” This YSI Webinar and Reading Group aims to contribute to the historicization of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and its repercussions.
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Article
The Rise of the Radical Right in Scandinavia
Sep 21, 2018
After Sweden’s elections, a look at how immigration and economics explain a political puzzle
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Article
A Better Bailout Was Possible
Sep 20, 2018
Back in 2008, a critical opportunity was missed when the burden of post-crisis adjustment was tilted heavily in favor of creditors relative to debtors. The result was not only prolonged stagnation, but also the Republican Party’s embrace of demagogic populism and the election of Donald Trump.
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YSI Event
Hello, Can You Hear Me? Added Value and Inequalities in a Global Market
YSI
ConferenceSep 20–21, 2018
The Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) is supporting the conference “Hello, Can You Hear Me? Added Value and Inequalities in a Global Market,” that will be held at La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), on September 20th and 21st. The event is promoted by CEST and funded by the Young Scholars Initiative – INET and by the “Luigi Einaudi” Research Centre.
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Video
How Despair Fueled Trump
Sep 19, 2018
Trump’s surprise win areas looked like a drug overdose map
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Research Program News
Danny Quah on the Future of Global Trade
Sep 17, 2018
What would global trade without the U.S. at the helm look like? INET Global Commissioner Danny Quah investigates.
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Article
Double Whammy: Implicit Subsidies and the Great Financial Crisis
Sep 15, 2018
A financial industry safety net enriches bankers and their shareholders — at our expense
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Video
George Soros: 10 Years After the Crash
Sep 15, 2018
George Soros and Rob Johnson Discuss the Causes and Consequences of the 2008 Financial Crisis
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Article
Under Trump, the Next Financial Catastrophe is Cooking
Sep 13, 2018
Ten years after Lehman Brothers’ collapse, the Wall Street casino is running amok
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News
New Book: Inequality and Inclusive Growth in Rich Countries
Sep 12, 2018
INET Oxford’s Brian Nolan writes on his new book for VoxEU
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Video
The Economy’s Cuban Missile Crisis
Sep 12, 2018
In 2008 a global financial meltdown was just barely contained. But Adam Tooze says that the crisis of confidence has had long aftershocks
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Article
Macroeconomics Predicted the Wrong Crisis
Sep 10, 2018
Distracted by the perceived threat of a Chinese savings glut, mainstream macroeconomists missed the writing on the wall of the 2008 crisis
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News
Adair Turner on Bloomberg TV
Sep 10, 2018
INET Chairman Adair Turner reflects on the 2008 financial crisis on Bloomberg TV