Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Cheap Talk on Race and Xenophobia Keeps Americans from Confronting Economic and Political Peril
Adolph Reed, who researches race and politics, warns that “identitarian” politics can conceal the structural inequities of capitalism
Why Dodd-Frank Is a Shell Game for Banks
Ten years after the crisis, financial regulation leaves taxpayers holding the bag for banks’ safety net.
Joseph Stiglitz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Talk Social and Economic Justice
A Nobel Prize-winning economist and the second-most-famous democratic socialist in America sit down together
When the Levee Broke
Ten years ago, the financial crisis washed away faith and trust in economics as a guide to social prosperity. Filling a void is difficult. We are still hard at work.
Why We Should Worry About Monopsony
When a small group of companies can dominate a labor market, wages—and workers—suffer
The Zero-Sum Economy
The Mechanics of Cryptocurrency
Macroeconomics and the Italian Vote
To understand the rise of the League and 5 Star Movement, look at economic indicators
The Rise of Hedge Fund Activism
How corporate raiders coopted “shareholder democracy” for their own ends
A Poetic Challenge to Global Capitalism That Will Rend Your Heart
Edoardo Nesi’s new book tracks the destructive march of globalization and neoliberal capitalism through his own life and the places, like Italy, that lie broken in its wake.
The Dismal Science and the Beautiful Game
A light-hearted economic analysis of the World Cup
Meet the Hidden Architect Behind America's Racist Economics
Nobel laureate James Buchanan is the intellectual linchpin of the Koch-funded attack on democratic institutions, argues Duke historian Nancy MacLean