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  1. Taking the Con Out of Economics? The Limits of Negative Darwinism

    Featuring George Akerlof, Marcella Corsi, Carlo D'Ippoliti, James Heckman, Jakob Kapeller, and Kevin Young

    Oct 22, 2017 | 12:00

    What Do Citations Actually Measure in Economics and How Should Economic Journals and Department Review Committees Use This Data? 

  2. Nobel Laureates to Co-Chair Independent Commission on Global Economy

    Oct 22, 2017

    Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Spence and a global team of leading thinkers are calling for new thinking & new rules for the world economy

  3. Conference paper

    A Fiscal Union. Is it likely? Would it be enough?

    By Annamaria Simonazzi

    Oct 2017

    The current crisis is the culmination of a process of integration that has profoundly changed the structure of each member state, their inter-relations and their power relations. One of its side effects was the rediscovery of the terms ‘centre’ and ‘periphery’ to analyse the economic situations of the European countries.

  4. Conference paper

    Macroeconomic stabilization, monetary-fiscal interactions, and Europe’s monetary union

    By Giancarlo Corsetti

    Oct 2017

    The euro area has been experiencing a prolonged period of weak economic activity and very low inflation.

  5. Conference paper

    How a Flawed Structure is Hurting the Eurozone—Economically and Politically

    By Servaas Storm

    Oct 2017

    The wind appears to be back in the sails of the Eurozone economy ….

  6. Conference paper

    Power or Economic Law?

    By Carl Ludwig Holtfrerich

    Oct 2017

    Some fresh reflections on ECB policy

  7. The Future of the Eurozone

    Featuring Giancarlo Corsetti, Carl Ludwig Holtfrerich, Gustav Horn, Jean-Pierre Landau, Annamaria Simonazzi, and Servaas Storm

    Oct 21, 2017 | 12:30

    Can a monetary union without true banking and fiscal union be saved? What remains of the hopes that animated the Treaty of Rome?

  8. Scottish First Minister Opens #INET2017

    Featuring Nicola Sturgeon

    Oct 21, 2017 | 11:00

    Nicola Sturgeon covers a range of topics including how economists’ work relates to policymaking, the financial crisis and the dangers of groupthink, how dissatisfaction with stagnating wages and rising inequality played into political shocks like Brexit, the legacy of Adam Smith, why new economic thinking is so important, and what her government is doing to foster and apply it. 

  9. Reawakening

    From the Origins of Economic Ideas to the Challenges of Our Time

    Plenary

    Oct 21–23, 2017

    INET gathered hundreds of new economic thinkers in Edinburgh to discuss the past, present, and future of the economics profession.

  10. Festival for New Economic Thinking

    YSI

    Conference

    Oct 19–20, 2017

    The Festival for New Economic Thinking is a collaborative initiative of several organizations, and aims to bring together those who seek to improve how economics is taught, studied and practiced. 

  11. Brexit and the European Union: One Year On

    Featuring Iain Begg

    Oct 10, 2017 | 04:00—05:30

  12. Is Europe’s Economic Recovery for Real?

    Featuring Megan Greene

    Oct 3, 2017 | 04:00—05:30

  13. Why Exports Alone Can’t Make Poor Countries Rich

    Featuring Xiao Jiang

    Sep 27, 2017

    “Blindly” Engaging in Global Supply Chains Can Erode Developing Nations’ Economic Power

  14. Innovation, Institutions and Governance

    YSI

    Conference

    Sep 16–19, 2017

    The YSI Economics of Innovation Working Group in partnership with the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology is hosting a YSI Conference on “Innovation, Institutions and Governance”.

  15. How Elite Financial Networks Rule the World

    Featuring Sandra Navidi and Rob Johnson

    Aug 30, 2017

    Personal connections are key to understanding concentrations of wealth and power