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Research
Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP) and the Fallacy of the Natural Rate of Interest: Why NIRP May Worsen Keynesian Unemployment
Working Paper, April 2018 | Thomas Palley
Research
Liquidity, Bank Runs, and Fire Sales Under Local Thinking
Working Paper, April 2018 | Thomas Bernardin, Hyun Woong Park
Research
Community-Driven Development and Collective Action: Overcoming Clientelism, Elite Capture, and Free Riding
Working Paper, March 2018 | Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth
Research
When Things Don't Fall Apart: Global Financial Governance and Developmental Finance in an Age of Productive Incoherence
MIT Press
Book, March 2018 | Ilene Grabel
Commentary
After the 2008 Financial Crisis, a State of 'Productive Incoherence'
The Real News Network
Interview, April 2018 | Ilene Grabel
"Productive Incoherence" after the 2008 Financial Crisis
In The Real News Network interview, Professor Ilene Grabel discusses the global financial landscape that has evolved since the 2008 financial crisis.
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Commentary
The Finance Curse
Gerald Epstein gives a keynote lecture on the high cost of finance and the finance curse. This talk was presented at a research workshop co-organized by the Tax Justice Network and the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute.
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Commentary
IMF's Structural Adjustment Programs Weaken States They Aim to Strengthen
The Real News Network
Interview, March 2018 | Lawrence King
IMF's Structural Adjustment Programs Weaken States They Aim to Strengthen
In The Real News Network interview, PERI's Lawrence King discusses how some IMF programs undermine the ability of governments in developing countries to properly govern.
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Research
On the Social Efficiency of Finance
Development and Change
Journal Article, February 2018 | Gerald Epstein
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