Wealth, Power, and Populism in India
India’s economic reforms of the 1990s promised growth and modernization. But what happens when growth is “jobless” and inequality deepens?
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Why the World Bank’s Governance Reform Is Stuck – and How to Break the Stalemate
We examine the World Bank’s protracted and conflicted attempts at shareholding reform from 2008 to the present, situating them within the broader context of multipolarity and intensifying geopolitical rivalries.
How Western states keep the lead in the World Bank: Multipolarity, Geopolitics and the World Bank’s Conflicted Attempts at Shareholding Reform
This paper examines the World Bank’s protracted and conflicted attempts at shareholding reform from 2008 to the present, situating them within the broader context of multipolarity and intensifying geopolitical rivalries.
Economist Chris Hughes on the Fed, Crypto, and the Danger of Trump’s Vision
Hughes discusses his recent book Marketcrafters, and how markets are deliberately built with outcomes that can serve the public good – or not. He uses this lens to unpack today’s economic flashpoints, from the Fed to crypto to climate.
Why Drug Prices Keep Rising
Why are life-saving drugs so expensive—especially when taxpayers already fund much of the science behind them?
Historical American Political Finance Data at the National Archives
INET’s new data archive of historical political finance records at the National Archives assembles all campaign finance reports filed by political parties and presidential candidates up to 1974, the year before the Federal Election Commission was established.
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
How much of modern economics is shaped by religion?
Study Finds Male and Female Economists See the Economy Differently -- Even When Politically Aligned. It Matters for Everyone.
In a significant new study published by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Canadian economist Mohsen Javdani reveals that gender shapes views on power, equality, and inclusion in ways politics alone can’t explain.
Men and women might check the same box on election day, but they see the economy through different lenses. Just ask professional economists.
Engendering Pluralism: How Gender Diversity Can Transform Economics
How women economists expand orientations and perspectives that can transform economics into a pluralistic, critically engaged, and socially responsive discipline.
Engendering Pluralism in Economics: Gendered Perspectives from an International Survey of Economists
How women economists expand orientations and perspectives that can transform economics into a pluralistic, critically engaged, and socially responsive discipline.
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