Adair Turner: Capital Markets Balkanization Should Not Prevent Regulation
“Don’t worry about the balkanisation of global capital markets”– Adair TurnerFears that bank regulation or capital controls could lead to a “balkanisation” of global capital markets are overstated and...
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Global Undergraduate Students: Win A Trip To New York City
AS SEEN ON THE COLBERT REPORT:Re-opened by popular demand, the Institute will also be selecting a small group of international students to be flown in for the event. We are seeking a select group of...
View ArticleSoros, Academics Debate Reflexivity in Journal Issue
The Journal of Economic Methodology, the leading peer-reviewed journal on the philosophical foundations and methodological practice of economics, has published a special issue devoted to the theory of...
View ArticleRoiling India Politics Risks Economic Reforms
India’s economic leaders are determined to rein in skyrocketing inflation, but the country’s volatile political landscape may prevent reforms from taking hold.This week, a committee formed by Reserve...
View ArticleWashington Post Features Work By Institute Researchers Fazzari, Cynamon
The Washington Post has spotlighted important recent work by two researchers from the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Barry Cynamon and Steven Fazzari.The Post story focuses on a Jan. 23 paper by...
View ArticleNYT Cites the Institute’s Fazzari, Cynamon on U.S. Middle Class Erosion
For the second time in a week, a national U.S. newspaper is featuring important recent work by two researchers from the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Barry Cynamon and Steven Fazzari.On Monday,...
View ArticleAdair Turner: Escaping The Addiction to Private Debt Is Essential for...
Inflation targeting insufficient: central banks and governments must manage the quantity and mix of credit createdFRANKFURT, 10 February 2014 — Financial reforms introduced since the crisis have been...
View ArticleInstitute Senior Fellow Adair Turner’s Debt Addiction Remarks Turn Heads
Adair Lord Turner’s powerful comments about the global economy’s addiction to private debt are continuing to reverberate around the world.In a speech on Feb. 10, Lord Turner, who is the former head of...
View ArticleInstitute Grantees Featured at the 2014 EEA Conference
If you're attending the EEA conference look below to see where you'll find stimulating discussions involving the Institute community. Click here for more information including the full EEA...
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Leading Economists To Gather In Toronto April 10-12, 2014
A Three-Day Conference Exploring the Impact of Innovation on SocietyLarry Summers, Joseph Stigltiz, Andy Haldane, Adair Lord Turner, Michael SandelAnd Many More to SpeakPresented by:The Institute for...
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Admati and Haldane Named in Time’s "100 Most Influential People"
The Institute for New Economic Thinking would like to congratulate community members Anat Admati and Andy Haldane as being named two of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People.” It’s a well-earned...
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Interconnectedness: Building Bridges between Research and Policy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in collaboration with the Institute for New Economic Thinking and the Deutsche Bundesbank are hosting a two-day conference on financial networks at the IMF’s...
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Full Employment in Europe: With or Without the Euro?
International Research WorkshopFull Employment in Europe:With or Without the Euro?Grenoble, May 15-16, 2014Campus de Grenoble, FranceCo-Sponsored byCentre de Recherche en Economie de Grenoble...
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Atkinson’s Guardian Letter Spotlights Institute Funding Of Key Inequality...
Institute was Among the Core Sponsors of Research Behind Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st CenturyThe following letter from Sir Tony Atkinson of the University of Oxford, who is researching the...
View ArticleThe Triumph of the Rentier? Thomas Piketty vs. Luigi Pasinetti and John...
Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century has stimulated enormous interest. Among the most provocative parts of the book is his discussion of the economic factors making for the...
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FREE Course on the Economics of Money and Banking
Missed last year's course? Interested in learning some new economic thinking? Want to spot the next financial crisis before it’s too late? Then sign up for this FREE online class on The Economics of...
View ArticlePiketty Responds in Detail to FT Criticism
Thomas Piketty has written a detailed response to the critique of his work by the Financial Times. His full response is available here and the first few paragraphs are below.Full Disclosure: The...
View ArticleLifetime Achievement Award for Prof. Sir David Hendry
One of the world's leading economists, INET Oxford's Prof. Sir David Hendry received a unique award from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)At a ceremony June 6th he was given the...
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Advanced Graduate Workshop in Indian Development: June 30-July 6, 2014
India has for the last twenty years been undergoing a rapid and abiding structural shift in its pattern of development. The transformation of the economy from the period of the license raj to the post...
View ArticleInequality as a cause of the financial crisis and current account imbalances
Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century has spurred an intense debate over the macroeconomic causes of income and wealth inequality. Meanwhile, a growing amount of research suggests that...
View ArticleECB’s Coeure Supports Student Curriculum Reform Movement
The global student movement to transform the economics curriculum received some unexpected high-level support this week from Benoit Coeure, a member of the Executive Board of the Europen Central...
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UK Business Secretary Vince Cable to Open Major Conference
Vince Cable, Andy Haldane and Adair Turner are among the keynote speakers at a major international conference challenging conventional thinking about the role of the state in driving the innovation...
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Pasinetti on Institutional Forces and the Discipline of Economics
Ever since 2008, increasing numbers of economists, students, and even market professionals have protested the way economics is currently taught and practiced.By now the revolt is close to a worldwide...
View ArticleJudy Tsui Joins Institute as Special Advisor in China
The Institute for New Economic Thinking is proud to announce that Dr. Judy Tsui is joining the organization as a Senior Advisor in China.The Institute, which has held conferences in Hong Kong and...
View Article2014 Grant Round Announced
The Institute for New Economic Thinking aims to foster open discourse and to advance new thinking on economic issues and theory. The Institute’s notion of new economic thinking is deliberately open and...
View ArticleFT Features Institute’s CORE Economics Reform Project
The Financial Times turned a spotlight on the curriculum reform movement in economics on Tuesday, with a particular emphasis on the efforts of the Institute for New Economic Thinking.The story focuses...
View ArticleInstitute Grant Recipients Honored For Their Work
The Institute for New Economic Thinking is proud to congratulate three of its researchers – Mariana Mazzucato, Duncan Foley, and Lance Taylor – for their recent honors.Mazzucato of the University of...
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Inequality Hurts Economic Growth, for All of Us
It’s official, at least according to the OECD.Rising inequality is estimated to have knocked more than 10 percentage points off growth in Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden, Finland and Norway over the past...
View ArticleFrom Reflexivity to the Wu-Tang Clan
Mathematics as a Common LanguageA recurrent criticism made about the economics profession is that it has become overly mathematicised, to the extent of allowing “elegant” models crowd out reality. So...
View ArticleNew Institute Website: Beta Version
Preview our new site for fresh blog posts, event coverage and more!Much of our older content is still being ported over while we test for kinks, but take a look and let us know what you think.
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