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Article | Business & Industry, Government & Politics, Laws

Rebooting Antitrust’s Normative Economic Theory

Industrial organization economists have caused antitrust to cling to an antiquated and disproven economic theory.

By Mark Glick, Gabriel Lozada, and Darren Bush

Article | Government & Politics

Political Investments

An interview with Thomas Ferguson on the 2024 US election conducted by Andrew Yamakawa Elrod and Tim Barker for Phenomenal World

By Thomas Ferguson

Article | Health

A Heart Attack and Stroke Drug That Saves Lives Exists—But American Patients May Be Left Behind by Profit-Driven Healthcare

Dr. Victor Gurewich, a researcher and Harvard Medical School faculty member since 1965, discovered a breakthrough drug treatment for heart attacks and strokes with the potential to save millions, but institutional resistance and a U.S. healthcare system that puts profits over patients are keeping it out of reach.

By Lynn Parramore

Article | Business & Industry, Government & Politics

Protecting the Consumer: A Conference at the University of Utah with CFPB Director Rohit Chopra

The Utah Project on Antitrust and Consumer Protection hosted a conference on the future of consumer financial services law on October 11, 2024, which was supported by an INET grant.

By Hal Singer

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The Economics of War & Peace

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The War Machine

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Welfare economists and moral philosophers have shown that the Consumer Welfare Standard is biased in favor of wealthy individuals and corporations—the very powers the antitrust law is supposed to regulate.

By Mark Glick, Gabriel Lozada, and Darren Bush

The history of the political relations between Hitler and the NSDAP leadership and the German “coal industrialists” from 1926 to 1933

By Karsten Heinz Schönbach

Why the E-DSGE Framework Is Not Fit for Purpose and What to Do About It

By Yannis Dafermos, Andrew McConnell, Maria Nikolaidi, Servaas Storm, and Boyan Yanovski

The decisions we make now about the governance of AI will have profound implications for the future of our economy and society.

By Anton Korinek and Jai Vipra

A major factor in the decline of inflation is the simple fact that America’s workers were, in general, unable to raise their nominal wages in line with the rise in the cost of living

By Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm

Medicare negotiators need to have a deep understanding - both theoretical and empirical - of the learning processes involved in developing a drug to negotiate a price that is fair.

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Inaugural Lecture & Panel Discussion at the Emerging Markets Conference (EMC 2024)

EMC brings together the thinkers and doers, with insights and inter-disciplinary perspectives on emerging markets. It is about cutting edge ideas, the discussion at the frontiers, and achieving a strategic sense.

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Understanding and Addressing Emerging Inequalities in the 21st Century in South Asia

As the world grapples with rapid technological advancements, demographic shifts, environmental challenges, and governance transformations, new forms of inequality are emerging.

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INET-YSI Doctoral Scholars' Conference

Understanding India’s Northeast from Emerging Perspectives

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2nd Edition of Inclusive Development Conference: Housing and Urban Land Management in an Unequal World

The conference aims to examine the complex interplay of housing, law, economics, and spatial justice in an unequal world, and we welcome scholars and practitioners to participate.

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2nd Meeting of Young Minds in Frontiers of Economics

Following a successful inaugural Meeting of Young Minds in 2024, the Second annual Meeting of Young Minds on 17 – 19 February 2025 is geared to be an exciting and engaging gathering of future leaders in the field of economics.

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International Conference on Social Identities, Institutions, and Economic Development in South Asia

The Economics Group at Azim Premji University, Bhopal, India, in collaboration with the Institute for New Economic Thinking and its Young Scholars Initiative (INET-YSI), is pleased to announce an international conference aimed at exploring the intricate relationships between social identities, institutions, and economic development in South Asia.

YSI projects are collaboratively organized by members of the community to explore topics in new economic thinking. Projects may be held virtually (discussions, webinars, reading groups) or in person (workshops, pre-conferences). Learn more about YSI here

To view projects further into the future, visit the YSI website.