In Part 1 of this interview From the Director's Chair, INET Executive Director Robert Johnson talks with Jeffrey Sachs about Sachs's book The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity.



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In part four of this INET interview, John Kay suggests that economists need to broaden their skill set and reconnect with the humanities and other social sciences. While math is a useful tool, it is not the only language appropriate for...

David Tuckett suggests that economics should drop the physics envy. Economics in the real world is not, and should not be, made up of mechanical situations. Finance has become too remote from human judgments and understanding the...

In part 4 of this four-part INET "From the Director's Chair" interview, INET Executive Director Robert Johnson talks with Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis about Varoufakis's new book The Global Minotaur: America, The True Origins of the...

The global economic and financial crisis hit Eastern Europe harder than anywhere in the world. The region was shut off from global financial flows essentially overnight and some Eastern European countries lost a staggering 20% of GDP in...

Neoliberalism, warns Professor Wendy Brown, has created a form of reasoning in which human beings are reduced to their economic value and activity, and in which all fields of human activity are treated as markets and institutions,...

In Part 2 of this interview From the Director's Chair, INET Executive Director Robert Johnson talks with Jeffrey Sachs about money in American politics. Sachs sees a "system of legalized corruption" that has distorted political...

In the early stages of the crisis, policymakers were terrified and therefore willing to cooperate. Now, fear is gone and national interests dominate. But it takes consensus to tackle the pressing issues of our time: the environment,...

David Tuckett explores the role emotions play in asset management and the role of psychological phenomena, such as rationalization and group think, in market activity. While good statistical research can help you make good decisions, he...

Neoliberalism, warns Professor Wendy Brown, has created a form of reasoning in which human beings are reduced to their economic value and activity, and in which all fields of human activity are treated as markets and institutions,...

In part 1 of this four-part INET "From the Director's Chair" interview, INET Executive Director Robert Johnson talks with Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis about Varoufakis's new book The Global Minotaur: America, The True Origins of the...

In part one of this INET interview, John Kay suggests that consistency and rigor have become the requirements of modern economics. However, these requirements have forced economists to use only deductive reasoning to remain the pretense...

In part three of this INET interview, John Kay calls for greater eclecticism in the methods of economic research. Inductive reasoning can, and should be, an important part of economics, as evidenced by Ken Rogoff's recent study of the...

Whiskey fanned the flames of a Pennsylvanian tax uprising that lasted for three years!

The New York Times’ Binyamin Appelbaum explains the role Democratic presidents, from Kennedy to Obama, in moving economic policy to the right
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INET President Rob Johnson sits down with The New York Times’ Binyamin Appelbaum...

The world economy cannot triple in size using the existing modes of production. "It just won't work", says Michael Spence in part 2 of this INET interview. China and India have figured this out; there, the state intervenes in markets...

In Part 5 of this interview From the Director's Chair, INET Executive Director Robert Johnson talks with Jeffrey Sachs about the challenges of collective action.Sachs offers a brief history lesson comparing the problems of today to...

In part 5 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar discusses the current state of economics. She suggests that despite its recent failures to predict and understand the financial crisis, the economics profession is still vibrant. While much...

The neoclassical vision of saving and lending -- the standard model being taught in universities -- causes economists to be blindsided by the dynamics of debt in the economy, according to Steve Keen. In part 3 of this INET interview,...

Robert Johnson Opens INET's Bretton Woods Conference -- Crisis and Renewal: International Political Economy at the Crossroads on April 8, 2011.<br/>

In part 3 of this four-part INET "From the Director's Chair" interview, INET Executive Director Robert Johnson talks with Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis about Varoufakis's new book The Global Minotaur: America, The True Origins of...

In Part 3 of this interview From the Director's Chair, INET Executive Director Robert Johnson talks with Jeffrey Sachs about the realities of the American fiscal situation. The focus on small government can't fit ever-lower taxes for...

Fund managers cannot possibly know what the future will bring, yet they have to commit today to holding assets that promise a return tomorrow. Such a commitment requires confidence -- confidence that is hard to find in the face of...

Neoliberalism, warns Professor Wendy Brown, has created a form of reasoning in which human beings are reduced to their economic value and activity, and in which all fields of human activity are treated as markets and institutions,...