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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
The rise of economics as engineering II: the case of MIT
Looming behind the aforementioned narratives of postwar economics is a notion 鈥� economics as engineering 鈥� which at times appears as a metaphor and at times stands for a straight depiction of economists’ professional milieu and practices.
Reinhart and Rogoff Respond to Criticism
INET Advisory Board members Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff today issued a response to recentcriticism of their paper “Growth in a Time of Debt.” Their response in full is below.
Keynesianism, neoliberalism and the 'Dissemination' of Economic Ideas: That's the Way of the World.
It is often argued that in recent years the question of the ‘dissemination’ of economic knowledge has been increasingly addressed by historians of economics.
I Have to Act Like an Adult in Hong Kong
The INET conference in Hong Kong is serious business.
As Goes Cyprus, So Goes the European Union
All of a sudden, tiny Cyprus is making headlines. How could such a small country, with an economy approximately the size of the State of Maranhao, create such big problems?
How Do We Get Out of This Mess?
Paul Samuelson and the History of Economics
Paul Samuelson is well-known to have been a compulsive citer and for having a particular Whig program for the history of economics
ASSA Meetings: a Showcase for the History of Economics?
Economists and historians of economics have related differently over time, and the past of the discipline has then served for varied purposes.
Open to be open to be open鈥�
2012: A Year in Review
Waste, waste, waste
Blending the Economy and Science
Pleasure, Happiness and Fulfillment: The Trouble With Utility
For nineteenthth century figures such as Bentham and Jevons, the concept of utility was associated with satisfaction or pleasure experienced.
To teach or not to teach economics with The Wire?
So, my new students’ training is essentially about understanding urban “territories” and “societies” through fieldwork. And my contribution is, supposedly, to highlight the economic dimension of all this.
Liquidity, Down the Drain
Ring-fencing Explained
Everyone wants to ring-fence something, but they can’t agree on what: