About

We are economists and thinkers from a range of disciplines who challenge conventional wisdom and advance ideas to better serve society.

Research

We develop research that challenges economic orthodoxy and serves society.

Articles

Commentary, analysis, interviews, and research summaries by INET-affiliated writers.

Video

Interviews, presentations and video series with provocative economic thinkers, public figures and students.

Podcast

Economics and Beyond with Rob Johnson, a podcast featuring interviews with some of the world’s most important thinkers, artists, and activists about the pressing issues of our time. The podcast is also available on all major podcasting platforms, such as Apple, Spotify, Google, and Podbean.

Education

Video series and courses for students and educators interested in exploring new economic thinking.

Events

To foster new economic thinking, we host convenings that gather together a diverse community of thinkers from different fields, countries, and schools of thought.

YSI

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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Global Commission

Learn more about the Commission on Global Economic Transformation
#NewEconomicThinking

To commemorate the 150th episode of our video series, “New Economic Thinking,” we are highlighting some of the most compelling content from the series here.
#INET2017

Material from, and related to, INET’s 2017 conference: Reawakening
America's Dual Economy: Why the Middle Class Is Vanishing

A collection of INET research and articles on how and why the middle class has been shrinking and how this leads to a “dual economy”
Economics of Innovation

Focusing on understanding the context in which innovation is possible, and examining the role of innovation in growth and distribution.
Gender Economics

A collection of INET work on gender inequality, inclusion and diversity, and the broader economic consequences.
Experts on Trial

Widespread criticism of elites and their ‘experts ’ raises questions about how economists should perceive their role, and what role societies should give them. We invited four scholars to start an online conversation by sharing their perspectives. The symposium is also downloadable in booklet form.
2016 in Review

Significant papers and contributions produced in 2016 under the INET rubric
Political Turmoil

Viewing economic outcomes as divorced from politics risks serious misunderstanding and virtually ensures regulatory failure.
Trade

International trade and investment are vital drivers of economic growth. As the size and shape of the world economy enters a new period of change, trade patterns reflect an evolving reality
Economics of Race

Investigating race as a driver of economic destiny.
Economic Growth

The global economy appears to be stuck in a pattern of low growth, low inflation and unresolved debt burdens. Is this a result of policy mistakes, or have the fundamental dynamics of the economy shifted into an era of little or no growth known as secular stagnation?
Future of Europe

New perspectives on Europe’s unfolding financial, economic and political crises
Neoliberalism

A debate over definitions of Neoliberalism from different historical and philosophical approaches.
Rebuilding Trust

Trust is an essential part of a functioning economy, yet it is often one of the least understood variables in economics. While trust is difficult to understand and measure in the context of economics, this type of innovative work enables new and important conversations about trust and how it affects the economy.