Institute for New Economic Thinking

1 month ago | ineteconomics.org | Lynn Parramore

Early in her chilling account of life as a Facebook executive, Sara Wynn-Williams drops an intriguing detail: Mark Zuckerberg’s favorite president. The young founder – still in his twenties at the time — picks Andrew Jackson, because he “got stuff done.” “What about Lincoln or Roosevelt” the author asks the boss. Didn’t they get stuff done, too? Zuckerberg insists: “It’s Jackson.

1 month ago | ineteconomics.org | Lynn Parramore

Students left in limbo with PhD programs paused. Essential scientific research slashed. Key disease response meetings cancelled. The threat of China’s dominance growing. The Trump administration’s campaign to restrict funding for U.S. institutions critical to science, technology, and health has sparked growing anxiety. Will budget cuts derail America’s leadership, altering its global standing for years to come? What will it cost us—and the rest of the world?

2 months ago | ineteconomics.org | Lynn Parramore

Everyone’s freaking out about soaring homeowner’s insurance costs in the wake of devastating California fires. Right now popular anger focuses mostly on greedy insurance companies, but is that the whole story? Are they truly the main reason behind these rising premiums, or are other factors at play? Thomas Ferguson, Director of Research at the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), dives into the growing crisis, arguing that climate change denialism is hiding its true extent.

2 months ago | ineteconomics.org | Lynn Parramore

Economics has a dirty secret. What if a core principle of mainstream economic theory—still taught in top universities, printed in textbooks, and shaping policy for all of us—is completely wrong? What if the iconic supply and demand chart every econ student knows by heart doesn’t actually capture the reality of how economies work? That’s the claim of noted economist James K.

2 months ago | ineteconomics.org | Lynn Parramore

Hedge-fund activism—where funds push for quick profits by buying up big stakes in companies—has exploded in recent years. In his new book, The Rhetoric and Reality of Shareholder Democracy and Hedge-Fund Activism, economist Jan-Sup Shin of the National University of Singapore, an expert in technology and innovation, dives into how it all began and why it’s a growing problem.