Archive
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Research Program
Young Scholars Initiative
Through the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), INET provides support to students, young professionals, or others who embrace new and critical ways of thinking about the economy. YSI fosters conversation among those who wish to engage with new economic thinking and connects young scholars to the Institute’s vast network of economists.
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Article
How to Ruin a Country in Three Decades
Apr 10, 2019
Italy’s austerity-fueled crisis is a warning to the Eurozone
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Video
Why Corporate-Led Globalization is Unsustainable
Apr 10, 2019
Globalization’s elite winners get lower taxes while its losers pay more
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Paper
Working Paper Series
Lost in Deflation
Apr 2019
Why Italy’s woes are a warning to the whole Eurozone
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Article
Can Markets Corrode Relationships?
Mar 25, 2019
Kristen Ghodsee discusses her research on how love and relationships function under socialism and capitalism, and what economists miss about the rise of right-wing populism in Eastern Europe
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Research Program: Working Group News
Credit Booms Gone Bust
Mar 18, 2019
A Financial Stability and Economic History Working Group Webinar Series
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Video
Joe Stiglitz: The Challenges Facing China
Mar 6, 2019
The Nobel laureate economist discusses how an activist government is needed to tackle problems like climate change
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Collection
Diversity and Pluralism in Economics
This new series will explore different takes on and claims about the challenges of women and minorities in economics, opening up a debate on a range of questions.
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Event
YSI @ the 45th Eastern Economics Association Conference
WorkshopHosted by Young Scholars Initiative
Feb 28–Mar 3, 2019
The Keynesian Economics and Complexity Economics Working Groups announce two special sessions, to be held at the annual conference of the EEA in New York.
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Video
Behavioral Economics: The Next Generation
Feb 27, 2019
To understand behavior and choice, we need to borrow from not just cognitive science but also sociology.
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Video
Financial Regulation Shouldn’t Be Hard—Here’s What We Need to Make It Work
Feb 20, 2019
We can land planes safely at crowded airports, yet we can’t manage to make our financial system safe. Why?
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Paper
Working Paper Series
New Evidence on the Portfolio Balance Approach to Currency Returns
Feb 2019
Asset markets are indispensable in harnessing society’s diverse views and insights about future business performance. But those views are shaped as much by emotion and crowd mentality as by rational expectations.
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Paper
Working Paper Series
The Contributions of Socioeconomic and Opioid Supply Factors to Geographic Variation in U.S. Drug Mortality Rates
Feb 2019
Economic distress in rural areas and opioid exposure in cities are key indicators of overdose deaths
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Video
Is Free Money the Future of the Safety Net?
Feb 6, 2019
Universal Basic Income is gaining in popularity, among socialists and libertarians alike. But when it comes to implementation, the devil is in the details.
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Paper
Working Paper Series
Labor Laws and Manufacturing Performance in India: How Priors Trump Evidence and Progress Gets Stalled
Feb 2019
For years, governments in India and much of the developing world have followed the advice of a paper arguing that labor regulations actually hurt workers. The problem? The research was wrong.