Arif Husain, chief economist of the U.N. World Food Programme, and Ann Veneman, former executive director of UNICEF and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, discuss the food crises developing across vulnerable regions of the world.

Joschka Fischer, Former Foreign Minister, Germany, speaks on panel, entitled "Which Way Forward: Reflections on Global Turmoil and the Role of Markets, Governments, and Civil Society" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET)...

If the countries in the European periphery defaulted on their debt, the euro as a common currency breaks down. This contention is used as an argument for bailouts and rescue packages, and Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich says it's wrong.

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You may think of long lines of angry depositors at the bank. But Cornell economist Matthew Baron says it’s more about credit booms and over-lending than<br/> we’ve thought before.

In part 2 of INET's interview with Erik Berglöf, the subject is why countries that invested in exports fared better than those that invested in real estate -- and why it was good to have foreign banking leverage

Board Member Anatole Kaletsky gives an overview of his terrific new book on today's reinvention of capitalism on a scale only seen 4 times in 250 years. Interviewed by Robert Johnson in New York City, June 2010.

Elon Musk seems to have had a pretty crazy week or two. The multi-billionaire weighed in on the Coronavirus crisis, making some pretty controversial claims. He seemed to tank the value of his own company by saying it was overvalued. His...

L. Randall Wray, professor at UMKC, talks about Hyman Minsky, an American economist who, even in the relative stability of the 1950s, predicted financial collapse because of "speculative euphoria." Interviewed by Peter Leyden at King's...

Matias Vernengo explains how economic crises reveal the nakedness of neoliberal policies.
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INET interview with Erik Berglof, Part 2 of 4

The video shows the panel Macroeconomic Management After a Financial Crisis at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 9, 2011. The speaker in this segment is Mario Seccareccia, Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa. The...

With mathematical finance it became possible to put a number on risk. While the quantification of risk makes life comfortable for everybody, it also compels us to stop thinking, Das warns in Part 4 of this INET interview.

It seems that as the number of COVID cases in the US rapidly increases, the messaging coming from the Trump administration just isn't matching the scientific data - it appears the president just doesn't quite get the outbreak. In this...

The panelists discuss large complex financial institutions at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 9, 2011. The speaker in this segment is Simon Johnson, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Global Economics and Management at the Sloan...

The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Opening Session Q&A.<b<br/>r/>

Where are we now? Debts, Deficits and Glob<br/>al Financial Stability

What do Russian sanctions, soaring inflation, interest rate hikes and the risks of more supply disruptions out of China mean for the financial outlook? Morgan Stanley’s chairman and CEO weighs in.

MOT 1940: STATUE: TU MS Statue of World War I soldier w/ rifle on shoulder. 1918 DRAMATIZATION: 'Welcome 1919' banner. People in New Year's celebration. 'Congressman' sipping champagne w/ wife, men of 'The Day' newspaper toasting,...

Ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse is seen by the Lebanese government as the most likely source of the explosion that ripped through Beirut on August 4.

Discussion and Q&A at the panel entitled "Which Way Forward: Reflections on Global Turmoil and the Role of Markets, Governments, and Civil Society" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET) Paradigm Lost Conference in Berlin....

This explains why the inaugural conference is held in Cambridge University and what they hope to accomplish in terms of new ideas for academic theory and economic policy.,

Lord Adair Turner of the Financial Services Authority of the United Kingdom discusses the "massive intellectual mistake" that led to the global financial crisis

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, Dr. Julie Gerberding, chief patent officer at Merck and Dr. David Reese, executive vice president of research at Amgen discuss the race for coronavirus drug development at WSJ Tech Health.

In part 1 of INET's exclusive interview with Robert Skidelsky, he talks about the inspiration for his new book on Keynes, "The Return of the Master," and discusses how economists often take Keynesian perspectives only during times of...

A new video shows an Ukrainian infantry team ambushing an entire column of Russian tanks and APCs with modern anti-tank missiles — and that from an incredibly close distance of only 30 meters.