Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Piketty's World Inequality Review: A Critical Analysis
Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have insisted that tax records are better for measuring inequality than income surveys. They’re wrong.
When the Middle Class Lost Its Wealth
Until 2008, rising home values gave the middle class a cushion amid growing income inequality. But following the financial crisis, that wealth has failed to return.
Apple’s “Capital Return Program”: Where Are the Patient Capitalists?
Instead of rewarding the taxpayers and employees who actually create value for the tech giant, Apple is doling out massive stock buybacks
Beyond the Dollar
Inequality Represents a Wasted Opportunity for Poverty Reduction
Economists who dismiss inequality as a problem secondary to poverty miss the point: Inequality is part of what drives poverty
The Tyranny of the Top Five Journals
Getting published in a top five economics journal is a near-requirement for tenure. But it’s a poor measure of research quality within a system that punishes creativity.
Mainstream Macroeconomics and Modern Monetary Theory: What Really Divides Them?
Despite disparate policy beliefs, MMT and orthodox macro rely on many of the same theoretical foundations
The Problem with Paying Executives in Stock
In Europe and the United States, stock-based compensation discourages long-term corporate sustainability
The Zero-Sum Economy
The Mechanics of Cryptocurrency
Rethinking Social Progress in the 21st Century
A new report examines the path to global social progress. Unfortunately, there are no easy answers
Why Digital Currency Won’t Save Us
State-issued digital money may avoid some pitfalls of cryptocurrency, but it’s no financial panacea
The Rise of Hedge Fund Activism
Austerity Caused Brexit
Boycott the Journal Rankings
