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The Future of Affirmative Action & the Fight for Equality
Efforts to erase race-conscious policies threaten broader equality initiatives.
Featuring Olatunde C.A. Johnson
“A Generational Loss of Talent” - Scientist Warns Funding Cuts in Science, Tech, and Health Undermine U.S. Leadership
Phillip Alvelda, a scientist and entrepreneur with past roles at NASA and DARPA, sounds the alarm on cuts that threaten the innovative capacities that have made America a global powerhouse.
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Article | Business & Industry, Environment, Government & Politics
New research reveals that rising insurance costs, reckless building, regulatory inaction, and big banks’ fossil fuel investments are driving a dangerous cycle that jeopardizes homeowners — and financial stability for everyone.
Article | Macroeconomics
Charles Kindleberger, the Dollar System, and Financial Crises
A review of Perry Mehrling’s book, Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System, and an exploration Mehrling’s discussion of the 1982 correspondence between Charles Kindleberger and Ben Bernanke examining their theories concerning financial crises.
Article | Macroeconomics
Trump and Wealth-Price Inflation: Still Running in the Background All the Time
Consumer demand by America’s most affluent citizens is driving consumer spending, and consumer spending, in turn, is the main force keeping inflation so high
By Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm
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Article | Business & Industry, Technology & Innovation
Breaking the Moat: DeepSeek and the Democratization of AI
By Pia Malaney
Article | Economics Profession
How Diversity and Pluralism Build Knowledge: The Case of Economics
By Sheila Dow
Podcasts | Government & Politics, Inequality & Distribution, Technology & Innovation
Beyond Industrialism: Building Communities That Work for People
INET in Focus
Article | Business & Industry, Technology & Innovation
Breaking the Moat: DeepSeek and the Democratization of AI
DeepSeek’s appearance is changing the AI landscape in more ways than we might think.
By Pia Malaney
Video
The Economics of War & Peace
Economics can either fuel conflict or pave the way to lasting peace, the choice is ours.
Featuring James K. Boyce
Working Paper | Business & Industry, Government & Politics, Laws
Antitrust’s Normative Economic Theory Needs a Reboot
Welfare economists and moral philosophers have shown that the Consumer Welfare Standard is biased in favor of wealthy individuals and corporations—the very powers the antitrust law is supposed to regulate.
By Mark Glick, Gabriel Lozada, and Darren Bush
The history of the political relations between Hitler and the NSDAP leadership and the German “coal industrialists” from 1926 to 1933
Working Paper | Environment, Macroeconomics
Macroeconomic Modeling in the Anthropocene
Why the E-DSGE Framework Is Not Fit for Purpose and What to Do About It
By Yannis Dafermos, Andrew McConnell, Maria Nikolaidi, Servaas Storm, and Boyan Yanovski
Working Paper | Business & Industry, Technology & Innovation
Concentrating Intelligence: Scaling and Market Structure in Artificial Intelligence
The decisions we make now about the governance of AI will have profound implications for the future of our economy and society.
By Anton Korinek and Jai Vipra
A major factor in the decline of inflation is the simple fact that America’s workers were, in general, unable to raise their nominal wages in line with the rise in the cost of living
By Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm
Working Paper | Finance, Government & Politics, Health
Setting Pharmaceutical Drug Prices: What the Medicare Negotiators Need to Know About Innovation and Financialization
Medicare negotiators need to have a deep understanding - both theoretical and empirical - of the learning processes involved in developing a drug to negotiate a price that is fair.
By Öner Tulum and William Lazonick
Feb 24, 2025
Webinars and Events
Understanding and Addressing Emerging Inequalities in the 21st Century in South Asia
As the world grapples with rapid technological advancements, demographic shifts, environmental challenges, and governance transformations, new forms of inequality are emerging.
Mar 11, 2025
Webinars and Events
INET-YSI Doctoral Scholars' Conference
Understanding India’s Northeast from Emerging Perspectives
Mar 05, 2025
Webinars and Events
2nd Edition of Inclusive Development Conference: Housing and Urban Land Management in an Unequal World
The conference aims to examine the complex interplay of housing, law, economics, and spatial justice in an unequal world, and we welcome scholars and practitioners to participate.
Feb 17, 2025
Webinars and Events
2nd Meeting of Young Minds in Frontiers of Economics
Following a successful inaugural Meeting of Young Minds in 2024, the Second annual Meeting of Young Minds on 17 – 19 February 2025 is geared to be an exciting and engaging gathering of future leaders in the field of economics.
Jan 17, 2025
Webinars and Events
International Conference on Social Identities, Institutions, and Economic Development in South Asia
The Economics Group at Azim Premji University, Bhopal, India, in collaboration with the Institute for New Economic Thinking and its Young Scholars Initiative (INET-YSI), is pleased to announce an international conference aimed at exploring the intricate relationships between social identities, institutions, and economic development in South Asia.
Dec 10, 2024
Webinars and Events
Inaugural Lecture & Panel Discussion at the Emerging Markets Conference (EMC 2024)
EMC brings together the thinkers and doers, with insights and inter-disciplinary perspectives on emerging markets. It is about cutting edge ideas, the discussion at the frontiers, and achieving a strategic sense.
Mar 07, 2025
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YSI projects are collaboratively organized by members of the community to explore topics in new economic thinking. Projects may be held virtually (discussions, webinars, reading groups) or in person (workshops, pre-conferences). Learn more about YSI here