Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Why a V-Shaped Recession Is a Pipe Dream
Regardless of what Trump says, the economic pain of the pandemic isn’t going anywhere
Corona Crisis and Eurobonds
Indian Economic Policy: Stimulus, Deficits and Privatisation
Over five phased announcements last week, the Indian government set in motion an unprecedented fiscal stimulus. Gaurav Dalmia looks at India’s near-term economic challenges and offers a prescription on how privatisation can help India achieve its objectives.
America’s Chilling Experiment in Human Sacrifice
John Ruskin helps shed light on what it means to have an economy that demands we die for it
Chile’s Outburst of Discontent
The Eurozone in Crisis
Patents vs. the Pandemic
With the COVID-19 death toll rising, we should question the wisdom and morality of an IP system that silently condemns millions of human beings to suffering and death every year.
Which Businesses Will Covid-19 Disrupt and Why? An Assessment Based on Firm-Level Data
The scale of firm exposure to the coronavirus is unprecedented by earlier outbreaks, spans all major economies and is pervasive across all industries
The EU’s Green Deal: Bismarck’s ‘What Is Possible’ versus Thunberg’s ‘What Is Imperative’ in the Age of Covid-19
What ails the EU Green Deal is exactly what troubles the Union in general — an absence of social democracy at work
Coronavirus Means Zero Hour for the European Union
If the European Central Bank does not jump to the aid of peripheral countries weakened by the pandemic, the Eurozone could collapse.
Modeling Myths of Climate Change
Is the Most Unproductive Firm the Foundation of the Most Efficient Economy?
How Penrosian Learning Confronts the Neoclassical Fallacy