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Articles

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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.

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Political Turmoil

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

Article

Conflicts of Interest? Maybe Congress Should Look in the Mirror

By Lynn Parramore

Jan 11, 2017

New evidence shows personal wealth interests drive Congressional votes

Article

America’s Failures of Representation and Prospects for Democracy

Jan 6, 2017

Article

INET's Turner Warns Against 'Fantasy' of Stimulating Economies Through Financial Deregulation

By Institute Staff

Jan 5, 2017

Article

Contemplating the Age of Hyper-Uncertainty

By Barry Eichengreen

Dec 19, 2016

Article

The Geopolitics of Populism

By Danny Quah and Kishore Mahbubani

Dec 13, 2016

Article

Capitalism in the Time of Trump?

By Lynn Parramore

Dec 8, 2016

Article

Stiglitz: Democratic Party Needs New Economic Thinking

By Institute Staff

Dec 4, 2016

Conference Session

The Trump Agenda and the Economic and Investment Outlook for 2017

Featuring Rana Foroohar, Jay Pelosky, and Jens Nordvig

Dec 13, 2016 | 04:00—05:30

Article

Will Trump Bring Neoliberalism’s Apocalypse, or Merely a New Iteration?

Nov 30, 2016

Article

Trump’s Win is a Warning: Europe Urgently Needs a New Deal

By Thomas Fricke

Nov 30, 2016

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s policies allowed the United States to avoid the perils of right-wing populism that plunged Europe into war in the 1930s — Europe should learn from his example

Article

Bracing for Trumponomics

Nov 29, 2016

What we’re reading: Some analysts expect dramatic changes and a short-term boost to the US economy, others predict continuity — and see Trump’s election reflecting a sea change in the global order

Article

Trump Election and the Future of U.S. Global Leadership

By Adair Turner

Nov 28, 2016

Article

Trumpism Has Dealt a Mortal Blow to Orthodox Economics and ‘Social Science’

By Sanjay Reddy

Nov 23, 2016

Article

Economists and Trump: Straight Talk on Trade

Nov 20, 2016

Article

Trade Liberalization After the U.S. Election

Nov 16, 2016