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We are so honored to introduce to you our new YSI working group coordinators! Three for each working group, this global group of 63 is stepping in to serve the working groups for a two year term. Get to know them!
With the ongoing pandemic and economic crisis, there is much to discuss. To inform the debates taking place in the YSI community, Luisa Scarcella and Aleksandar Stojanović have kicked off
By Alexander Beunder. Investigative journalist. Platform Authentieke Journalistiek, the Netherlands. Now that the dust has settled around the latest U.S.-China trade war spat, here’s something the Trump regime may
Climate change is posing an increasing threat to life on earth. A few months back, we organized a special session at the INET YSI North America Convening to discuss how
The US housing affordability crisis is driving more and more of the working poor to live out of cars and squatter homes- the solution seems to be creating more affordable homes in both urban and suburban areas where there is a high level of homelessness amongst the working poor but this means more carbon emissions and pollution in urban areas the long run. A green alternative needs to be found if both homelessness and pollution are to be solved simultaneously.
When then Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) joined the Sunrise Movement’s protest in the office of incoming speaker Nancy Pelosi, she catapulted a radical climate policy into public consciousness. Known as
This is the story of Susan Strange and Hyman Minsky, two renegade economists who spent a lifetime warning of a global financial crisis. When it hit in 2008, a decade
By Juan Ianni. Why does mainstream economics recommend the application of Inflation Targeting (IT) regimes? Is it because of its sophistication? Are there other ways of addressing inflation? Perhaps a historical analysis
By Pierre Ortlieb. On June 10th, 2018, Swiss voters participated in a referendum on the very nature of money creation in their small alpine republic. The so-called “Vollgeld Initiative,” or “sovereign
The January blues are a harsh reminder of the value of doing nothing. Bertrand Russell’s wistful paean to the redundancy of work shows that while this radical thinking is not
We are always looking for a fresh take on an economic question. Send your pitch to ysi@ineteconomics.org
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Jimmy Chin
Johnny Fulfer
Justin Harbour
Kanya Paramaguru
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Kurt Semm
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