"Economics in Crisis and the Crisis in Economics" was the theme of INET's inaugural conference, held at King's College at the University of Cambridge in April 2010. This is a short documentary that covers the background of the...

In the first part of this three-part INET "From the Director's Chair" interview, INET Executive Director Robert Johnson talks with Robert Skidelsky and his son Edward Skidelsky about their book, How Much is Enough? Money and the Good...

Rob Johnson, the Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, introduces some of the most interesting and exciting Inaugural grantees.<br/>

An individual fish reduces the danger to itself by swimming as close as possible to the center of the school. That is how schools hold together. John Davis says that researchers and fish are alike -- both engage in herd behavior. PhD...

Kari Polanyi Levitt reflects on her education and career as an economist, in the UK, Canada, and the Caribbean. As an undergraduate at LSE, she studied with scholars such as Nicholas Kaldor and W. Arthur Lewis. Once in Canada, she...

In a monetary economy, all transactions are three-sided: There is a buyer, a seller, and a bank that records the transfer of money between the two parties. A realistic model of capitalism should have money in it, says Steve Keen in part...

I made this interview video based on the YouTube series Hot Ones. Making it was super fun...and painful.

In this video, Bill Carmody interviews Tim Samuels, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, broadcaster, and journalist, about the challenges and issues faced by men in today's society. They discuss topics such as the changing roles of...

In this video, Bill Carmody interviews Christian Robinson, an accomplished illustrator and animator. They discuss the coloring and activity book "Coloring Without Borders," which was created to raise funds for families separated at the...

In this video, Bill Carmody emphasizes the importance of creating customer personas to better understand and cater to your target audience. He encourages viewers to build a visual representation of their ideal customers and display it...

The video discusses the various objectives that firms may have, starting with the traditional assumption that firms aim to maximize profits, but also exploring other objectives such as increasing market share, maximizing revenue,...

The video is about the various ways in which businesses can grow and the potential constraints that can impede their growth. The speaker discusses how businesses may grow through internal reinvestment of profits and external interactions...

This video is a lecture discussing foreign aid and assistance given to developing countries. The speaker explains the reasons why developing countries require aid from the developed world and how aid can help strengthen their economies....

Robert Skidelsky and Perry Mehrling take questions from the audience.<br/>

Historian Prof. Thomas Sugrue offers a critique of the conventional wisdom that roots the city’s fate in the racial tension of the tumultuous ‘60s and the decline of the auto industry.<b<br/>r/>

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Sometimes navigating through the field of economics can feel like dodging bullets in a metaphorical war.



But to INET grantee Judy Klein, a professor at Mary Baldwin College, this is no metaphor. Rather, Klein believes...

This video provides an in-depth explanation of public-private partnerships (PPPs). The speaker gives examples of how PPPs are used in practice, such as building new hospitals and partial privatization of public sector assets. The...

In this educational video, the concept of price elasticity of supply is introduced and explained. The video discusses the relationship between price and quantity supplied and how different goods may have different levels of...

In this video I explain the Balance of Payments with the current and capital (financial) account. Keep in mind that when a country has a deficit in one account they must have a surplus in the other account. Thanks for watching.

The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 1:<b<br/>r/>

Anatomy of Crisis The Living History of the Last 30 years: Economic Theor<br/>y, Politics and Policy

J. Doyne Farmer, professor at the Santa Fe Institute, notes that data sets in economics research are not nearly as complicated as those generated in other sciences. Interviewed by Peter Leyden at King's College, April 2010.<br/>

William Janeway notes the prevalence (and importance) of speculative bubbles, especially in respect to equity markets and technological breakthroughs. Interviewed by Daniel Erasmus at King's College, April 2010.<br/>

In part 1 of INET's interview with Perry Mehrling, he discusses how "The New Lombard Street" connects historical theories with the realities of modern money markets

This is a video discussing the leverage ratio and its importance in measuring a bank's capital reserves relative to the loans it has taken on. The video discusses how the regulator sets a minimum leverage ratio for banks and how this...