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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

The COVID-19 Bailout and its Financing Dilemmas
The speed and duration of COVID-19 economic recovery will depend on how the government will finance emergency programs.

Fatima Denton: Governments must accelerate a plan for a diversified economy, an exit from fossil fuels, and shift towards a green transition
An interview with Dr Fatima Denton, Director of the United Nations University – Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, for INET’s series on COVID-19 and Africa

If You Want Justice for Black Americans, You Have to Fix This
Economist Darrick Hamilton explains why confronting the racial wealth gap is the only way to address 400 years of discrimination.


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.
Chile’s Outburst of Discontent
The Eurozone in Crisis

Payroll Share, Real Wage and Labor Productivity Across US States
States can be sorted into two groups with statistically significantly different productivity regimes. In this sense, the US economy shows signs of dualism—which is the idea that the economy consists of heterogeneous units that exhibit different behaviors and levels of performance.


Online Education in the Covid-19 Crisis: “It’s Like Coke Dealers Handing Out Free Samples”
Economist Gordon Lafer describes a race against the education technology industry to do what’s right for America’s kids

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
Covid-19 Hits the Dual Economy

MIT Economist on Coronavirus: Young People “Going to Get Squashed”
The younger generation, already saddled with student debt and uncertain jobs, will pay a high price as the crisis unfolds.