Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Debt, Austerity, and the New EU Rules: Why Italy’s “Reform” Path Still Leads Nowhere
Europe’s revamped fiscal rules promise discipline and stability, but Italy’s numbers tell a different story. Once realistic multipliers and hysteresis are built in, consolidation pushes debt up, growth down, and recessionary pressure outwards across the eurozone, hardly a recipe for sustainability.
INET Warned Over 2 Years Ago: Spending by the Wealthy Is Distorting the Economy
The idea is finally catching on, but many still miss how deeply it’s driving inflation, masking wage losses, and complicating recovery.
Not the Fix—The Tell: The Meaning of a $100,000 H-1B Fee
The new $100,000 H-1B fee tacitly acknowledges what early policy architects signaled: expanding temporary tech visas can depress domestic wages. By bringing the fully loaded cost of a new H1B hire closer to what the local market would require to recruit and retain comparable talent, it narrows the wedge between visa-enabled staffing and hiring Americans at market rates.