Elon Musk is, once again, taking stock. Hopkins and Lazonick outline the golden paved road that brought us to yesterday’s record-shattering stock-based “compensation” package. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

For context. If the Titanic was made of SOLID GOLD, you could buy 13 with this wealth.

The longer the shutdown lasts, the shakier the economy’s foundation becomes. Private data is replacing official numbers. Lynn Parramore talks to experts. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Zohranomics: In expensive cities: affordability issues like housing, childcare, & utilities aren’t just numbers—they’re votes. Lynn Parramore breaks it down www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

“Data is history.” 👉 youtu.be/zkwMstdomhc 👀 Emma Rothschild @historyecon.bsky.social on Adam Smith, climate change, and the lost conversation between disciplines.

Time is running out! Tomorrow is the last day to vote for #EconOfWar in The Anthem Awards: 👉 wbby.co/EAWNP 🙏 Economics can either fuel conflict or pave the way to lasting peace, the choice is ours.

When they claim to tell you free trade is better policy, look again 👀 Glick & Lozada explain why that economists' arguments for free trade arguments slide past the crucial fact that these change income distribution www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

The Economics of War and Peace is an Anthem Awards finalist! Have you voted yet? wbby.co/EAWNP You haven't watched it?? Well, here's a nice post from @umassamherst.bsky.social to learn more: umass.edu/news/article/james-boyces-video-series-economics-war-and-peace-named-finalist-anthem-community

H1-B’s fee “an overdue admission that prices matter. If policymakers pair that acknowledgement w/pay standards, real mobility, backlog relief, & a merit channel, the US can remain open to global talent while rebuilding the home-grown pipeline”- Pia Malaney www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

What if everything you learned in U.S. history class was incomplete? 👀 Historian Marc Egnal calls out the myths of American exceptionalism & explains how they still shape everything from shutdowns to school debates. Check out the convo w/ Lynn Parrramore www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

The richest Americans control $46 trillion in wealth—but many pay little or no federal tax. 👉 youtu.be/aLKacgW6YOI 👀 @bostoncollege.bsky.social professor Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax code has built a new aristocracy in her new book "The Second Estate" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Congrats to PERI's James Boyce and INET for being nominated by Anthem Awards for the series #EconOfWar!

Pia Malaney investigates the debate over high-skill immigration: do visas fill critical talent gaps that fuel innovation, or do they depress pay for domestic STEM workers? www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

A heartfelt thank you to The Anthem Awards for recognizing #EconOfWar! We’re proud to see our work honored alongside so many other inspiring projects. 🗳️ wbby.co/EAWNP 👈 Help us celebrate with your vote!

A must-read ftom economist Servaas Storm... www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Think TrumpRx will lower your drug costs? Not so fast. The real battle is taking on Pharma’s shareholder-first business model. @LynnParramore breaks it down with economist Öner Tulum www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

The dirty secret behind U.S. drug prices? Your meds are expensive because Pharma’s priority isn’t health — it’s shareholders. Lynn Parramore breaks it down with economist Öner Tulum www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

🚨Researching issues related to American Political Economy? Professor Thomas Ferguson's recent Working Paper provides a valuable introduction to help researchers navigate the Institute for New Economic Thinking's new database of pre-F.E.C. political finance records. Check it out! 👇

The GENIUS Act creates a “Shadow Banking 2.0” crypto regime and unleashes crypto derivatives that will inflate a “Subprime 2.0” crypto bubble www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Chris Hughes on stablecoins: "The problem is, at a foundational level, I just don’t believe this is in the public interest." check out the convo between @c-hughes.bsky.social & Lynn Parramore www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Without campaign contribution & spending data US history, politics, & economics often resembles a donut 🍩: a gaping hole at the center. INET’s new data archive of historical political finance records marks a major step toward filling this factual void www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

What if AI is a bubble? Servaas Storm’s latest working paper discusses three sobering research studies showing that novel ever-larger GenAI models do not become better, but worse, and do not reason, but rather parrot reasoning-like text. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

$142B in buybacks hollowed out Intel. In India, inequality and neoliberal reforms hollowed out jobs. 👉 youtu.be/D5SsmvxMX5A 👀 Sripad Motiram explains how neoliberal reforms fueled inequality and set the stage for Hindu nationalism.

New: Vestergaard & Wade Paper: 3 scenarios for the WB shareholding review—worst case= stalemate, a modest reform w/symbolic gestures, & best-case= a new institutional design based on misalignment limits, responsible shareholding, & open leadership selection. www.ineteconomics.org/research/res...

CEO pay is out of control. 👉 youtu.be/rI8b21JujVk 👀 @deanbaker13.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social digs into the problem, and what we can do about it.

@c-hughes.bsky.social on stablecoins: “It has never before in history been possible to steal a billion dollars or even transfer a million dollars w/o any government or any intermediary knowing… w/stablecoins… nobody even knows.” Check out convo w/ Lynn Parramore www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Is inflation just a number game or does it hold deeper societal implications? 👉 youtu.be/fjoDjv1R3to 👀 @isabellamweber.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social challenges traditional economic stances on inflation & delves into the social dimensions of pricing.

“Crypto has no underlying value. I think it’s largely a scam... the President’s own issuance of these coins — which have meaningfully enriched him and his wife — evidence of the kleptocracy that you mention.- @c-hughes.bsky.social Interview w/ Lynn Parramore www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Taxpayers fund the science. Pharma keeps the profits 👉 youtu.be/S46Jqo_--T0 👀 @oner-tulum.bsky.social explains why high drug prices are about shareholder payouts—not innovation.

World Cup. Disney World. Taylor Swift. Now AI sets the ticket price—and not everyone can pay. @rickmcgahey.bsky.social @forbes.com asks: is this ethical? Our series #WhatMoneyCantBuy investigates. 📺 Watch the series: whatmoneycantbuy.org 📰 Read the article: www.forbes.com/sites/richar...

Why do we tolerate excessively high unemployment? 👉 youtu.be/9n8Mk8K_YpU 👀 @deanbaker13.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social explains the inflation obsession & how monetary policy could shift to actually support the majority of workers.

How economists invented austerity & paved the way to fascism 👊 youtu.be/ofFR1mD2UOM 👀 Clara Mattei @freefreeforum.bsky.social talks about her book "The Capital Order" & the real reason we are awash in austerity measures.

With wealth holdings so concentrated in the top 10%, the fiction that one can analyze macroeconomics without reference to the lopsided distribution has worn thin. It needs to be abandoned once and for all. www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/b...

Big tech, crypto, & the wealthy have shaped political priorities, creating a clash w/ labor, unions, & ordinary voters. To regain trust, they need to focus on real issues—wages, healthcare, Social Security, housing, & making tech work for everyone, not just the elite jacobin.com/2025/09/tech...

In this interview Thomas Ferguson argues that the Democratic Party’s struggles aren’t just about messaging—they’re about money and economic interests jacobin.com/2025/09/tech...

We’ll spend $500B this year on prescription drugs. Most of that cost? Not production. Not science. Profits. @deanbaker13.bsky.social on why IP is broken: youtu.be/cJJZUgt8kVM

This article argues that while #generativeAI is transforming advertising, increased competition alone won't solve #privacy & #BigTech dominance issues—especially if firms profit from surveillance & manipulation. Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...

“Seeking to educate myself on money, I took Professor Perry Mehrling’s famous MOOC course" forbes.com/sites/vipinb... If you'd like to join Vipin and follow in the footsteps of thousands of other students: ineteconomics.org/education/co... 🧠

Modern IP protections are lining pockets not shelves. 💸🤑💸 So, what's the fix? Watch episode 1 of #Unf_ckAmerica w/ Dean Baker @ceprdc.bsky.social & find out: 🌠 youtu.be/idnhcs0WuBY 👀

Think economic beliefs follow political lines? Think again. New study has big implications for economists, policy makers, and campaigners. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Surveying 2,400+ economists across 19 countries, this study finds stark divides: women economists lean left, men lean centrist/right. Yet even within the same ideology, women remain more likely to stress inequality & corporate power. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

"Adam Smith is alive—but not doing very well—because he's being held prisoner in Chicago." 👉 youtu.be/iQ27Q5LR-WU 👀 Benjamin Friedman @harvard.edu explains how Adam Smith, the Enlightenment, and modern American politics are still shaped by theology.

"Real wages for most American workers have declined substantially under inflation." ... "Wealth gains by the top 10% enabled the richest American households to step up consumption, even when their real incomes were falling." -Ferguson & Strom on the dual economy www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Dual economy: "absent sharp declines in wealth, this wealth effect is likely to feed service sector inflation in particular, even as a majority of households in America’s dual economy find themselves mired in recessionary conditions." -Ferguson & Storm 2024 📣 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Yes, we can unf★ck America. @deanbaker13.bsky.social illustrates how even minor changes in public policy can help change our trajectory dramatically. It just takes political will. Watch the series at unf-ckamerica.com

Economics can either fuel conflict or pave the way to lasting peace, the choice is ours. ☠️ econofwar.org 🕊️ Over seven episodes, Professor James Boyce challenges economists to rethink their role in the human cost of war.

For more on why states like CA, OR, & WA have formed the West Coast Health Alliance see this interview with DARPA vet @alvelda.bsky.social & Lynn Parramore www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

As conflicts rage from Ukraine to Gaza, we face a deeper question: do our economic measures capture peace—or fuel war? 👉 youtu.be/VX4Ykzx43Yo 👀 James Boyce explains why GDP counts arms as “growth,” how aid can fail, and why horizontal inequality matters most for war and peace.

INET grantee & friend Peter Temin (1937–2025) was more than a teacher, he remains a voice for equality. He warned that without investing in education, infrastructure, and trust, America risks slowing growth & widening inequality. Economics has a race problem: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Sanctions: To Russia with Love 👉 youtu.be/y4T5gmAndFk 👀 James Galbraith flips the script on western sanctions. How has Russia adapted?