History
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How the Brexit Tragedy Challenges Economics
Jun 26, 2016
It would be a tragic mistake to read anti-E.U. sentiment across Europe as simple bigotry — racism and xenophobia are being nurtured by the economic pain produced by prevailing economic policies
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Understanding China’s Cultural Revolution
Jun 22, 2016
Frank Dikötter explores previously classified Chinese leadership documents, and attempts to set the record straight.
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Brexit's Impact on the World Economy
Jun 21, 2016
Why a British vote to leave the European Union would have consequences far larger than the UK’s proportional share of the global economy might suggest
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Economists are Divided over Brexit
Jun 19, 2016
Some predict global economic catastrophe if Britain votes to leave the EU, others foresee a more limited set of consequences — and some see a telling trend in the public ignoring economists’ warnings
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A New Economic Paradigm to Fight Populism
Jun 15, 2016
Globalisation was once considered a doctrine of salvation - but it has produced too many losers and created a breeding ground for heralds of simplistic truths. It is high time for a new doctrine.
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Global Money: A Work in Progress
Jun 12, 2016
A dollar-denominated global economy means the Fed is at once the bankers bank and government bank, as well as both U.S. central bank and global central bank — managing that hybrid is the challenge of our time
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Who's talking about getting fiscal?
Jun 10, 2016
What we’re reading: Recent statements from the IMF and the OECD highlight a growing call for new economic policy thinking in response to the specter of long-term stagnation
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Britain’s EU scorecard, a dissent on China stimulus, and the productivity puzzle
Jun 7, 2016
What we’re reading: A weekly scan of published items relevant to the Institute’s work
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Rebirth of the School: Why We Invested in the History of Economic Thought Website
Jun 2, 2016
The Institute is proud to welcome the revival of an indispensable resource for those seeking to understand the evolution of economics in context
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Learning to think about shadow banking
May 30, 2016
Why most economists did not see the 2008 crash coming
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A Teachable Moment for the Economics Profession?
May 27, 2016
What we’re reading: A weekly scan of published items relevant to the Institute’s work
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Introducing the Symposium on Neoliberalism
May 26, 2016
Is Neoliberalism a fixed set of ideas, or even an identifiable political movement?
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Working Paper Series
Ethics vs. Ethos in US and UK Megabanking
May 2016
Company law in the US and UK fails to acknowledge that authorities’ propensity to rescue giant banks from the consequences of insolvency assigns taxpayers a coerced and badly structured equity stake in too-big-to-fail institutions.
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This is Water (or is it Neoliberalism?)
May 25, 2016
A meditation on Vercelli, Vernengo and Levitt & Seccareccia
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How Neoliberalism Threatens Democracy
May 25, 2016
Professor Wendy Brown engages in an in-depth exploration of the corrosive effect of approaching education, law, politics and governance through the lens of neoliberal economic rationality.