History
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Reawakening
PlenaryFrom the Origins of Economic Ideas to the Challenges of Our Time
Oct 21–23, 2017
INET gathered hundreds of new economic thinkers in Edinburgh to discuss the past, present, and future of the economics profession.
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Enlightenment Then, Enlightenment Now
Oct 20, 2017
What can today’s economists learn from the 18th century Scottish thinkers who grappled with societal and economic change?
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What Idea Shapes Our World More Than Adam Smith’s Economics?
Oct 20, 2017
Animal rights, child welfare, social equality are all a direct legacy of the “cult of feeling”
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Festival for New Economic Thinking
YSI
ConferenceOct 19–20, 2017
The Festival for New Economic Thinking is a collaborative initiative of several organizations, and aims to bring together those who seek to improve how economics is taught, studied and practiced.
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Brexit and the European Union: One Year On
Oct 10, 2017 | 04:00—05:30
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Is Europe’s Economic Recovery for Real?
Oct 3, 2017 | 04:00—05:30
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Why Exports Alone Can’t Make Poor Countries Rich
Sep 27, 2017
“Blindly” Engaging in Global Supply Chains Can Erode Developing Nations’ Economic Power
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Innovation, Institutions and Governance
YSI
ConferenceSep 16–19, 2017
The YSI Economics of Innovation Working Group in partnership with the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology is hosting a YSI Conference on “Innovation, Institutions and Governance”.
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How Elite Financial Networks Rule the World
Aug 30, 2017
Personal connections are key to understanding concentrations of wealth and power
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Political Economy, Technocracy, and the New Gilded Age
Aug 28, 2017
In this episode of Hidden Forces, host Demetri Kofinas speaks with Robert Johnson, about the political economy, inequality, and the failings of our technocratic institutions.
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Edward Kane: Hidden Subsidies for Too Big to Fail Banks
Aug 24, 2017
An examination of some little-known ways nation states and central banks prop up megabanks
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Protectionism Will Not Protect Jobs Anywhere
Aug 7, 2017
The same angst that Americans and Europeans have about the future of jobs is an order of magnitude higher in Asia.
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Institutions, Democracy, and Economic Development
Aug 2, 2017
Robinson explains how natural experiments are done and why they’re useful. He also explains distribution of power and development of state play critical roles in successful economies.
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Why Tax Cuts for the Rich Solve Nothing
Aug 1, 2017
Back-room deals on corporate tax reform won’t increase growth
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YSI Workshop @ 2017 ECLAC Summer School on Latin American Economies
YSI
WorkshopJul 24–26, 2017
The YSI Latin America Working Group is hosting a workshop at the United Nations ECLAC Summer School on Latin American economies.