A quick overview of the talks that took place at INET's Inaugural Conference at King's College, Cambridge<br/>

Lord Adair Turner of the Financial Services Authority of the United Kingdom discusses the "massive intellectual mistake" that led to the global financial crisis

In part 1 of INET's exclusive interview with Robert Skidelsky, he talks about the inspiration for his new book on Keynes, "The Return of the Master," and discusses how economists often take Keynesian perspectives only during times of...

Welcome to our new video series titled "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today.



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The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Day 1 - Dinner Q&A Session<b<br/>r/>

1930 and the Challenge of the Depression for Economic Thinking: Friedrich Hayek vers<br/>us John Maynard Keynes

In part 6 of INET's interview with Robert Skidelsky, he talks about Keynes' moral critique as it relates to American consumption

William White, Chairman of the Economic Development and Review Committee, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) speaks on panel, entitled "Which Way Forward: Reflections on Global Turmoil and the Role of Markets,...

In part 3 of INET's exclusive interview with Robert Skidelsky, he says that today Keynes would push for continued stimulus, because he believed that the economy would not simply bounce back without it

In this extensive interview, one of the world's foremost scholars of John Maynard Keynes explains the many ways Keynes's insights are more relevant than ever<br/>

In part 5 of INET's exclusive interview with Robert Skidelsky, the Keynes expert notes that China's rise is creating global tension that may require a global financial overhaul

In part 6 of INET's interview with Lance Taylor, he says that if the government starts thinking it's a household, then we're in a lot of trouble. Unlike families, governments can sustain investment from debt for the long term

Let us be humble, and appreciate the limits of our knowledge -- such was Hayek's credo, as Nicholas Wapshott explains in part 3 of this INET interview.

In part 2 of INET's interview with Robert Skidelsky, the topic is Keynesian Uncertainty, and how it applies to times of stability and to times of crisis

In late 2015, JW Mason and Arjun Jayadev went to speak with Axel Leijonhuvud, in retirement in Pismo Beach, to ask about his work and the intellectual paths not taken after 1968. Over a couple of days with him and his wife Earlene, they...

In part 5 of INET's interview with Lance Taylor, he discusses why a sustained fiscal stimulus will be necessary to maintain growth in the long-term, rather than fiscal rectitude

Watch Nicholas Wapshott discuss the different characters of Keynes and Hayek, which Wapshott says had a profound influence on their preferred policy programs. While Keynes was an optimist, Hayek was a pessimist who "assumed that if...

In late 2015, JW Mason and Arjun Jayadev went to speak with Axel Leijonhuvud, in retirement in Pismo Beach, to ask about his work and the intellectual paths not taken after 1968. Over a couple of days with him and his wife Earlene, they...

In part 2 of INET's interview with Lance Taylor, he says that leveraged debt and other evidence was on the table before the crash, but people chose not to look at it

Keynes and Hayek were defining figures in 20th century economics. In this INET interview, Nicholas Wapshott talks about his book, Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics, and about the intellectual clashes between two...

An economy is a collection of production and consumption processes that are all working towards solving the central economic problem.



The problem is that we only have access to a finite amount...

An introduction to the great 20th century economist John Maynard Keynes and an explanation why the Institute is launching at Keynes' King's College at Cambridge University.

In part 5 of this INET interview, Nicholas Wapshott discusses how the conflict between Keynes and Hayek has carried forward into modern debates over the proper role of governance. As policy debates still wage on today over austerity vs....

In part 4 of INET's interview with Robert Skidelsky, he says that Obama violated Keynes' insight of recovery before reform, and as a result, fiscal policy is at a standstill

We are all somewhat familiar with economic expansion and recession. And pretty much everyone has heard of The Great Depression. What are recessions and depressions? How do we describe the business cycles that produce them? Let's define...