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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.

Italy’s austerity-fueled crisis is a warning to the Eurozone

Globalization’s elite winners get lower taxes while its losers pay more

Why Italy’s woes are a warning to the whole Eurozone

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

A Financial Stability and Economic History Working Group Webinar Series

The Nobel laureate economist discusses how an activist government is needed to tackle problems like climate change

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.

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.

To understand behavior and choice, we need to borrow from not just cognitive science but also sociology.

We can land planes safely at crowded airports, yet we can’t manage to make our financial system safe. Why?

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.

Economic distress in rural areas and opioid exposure in cities are key indicators of overdose deaths

Universal Basic Income is gaining in popularity, among socialists and libertarians alike. But when it comes to implementation, the devil is in the details.

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.