Articles

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

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Why We Need a Global Public Economics

May 7, 2018

Global public goods, from health to peace to security, crisscross national and social boundaries. We need a new economic theory to understand their pivotal role in the global economy.

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The Hidden Network That Propelled Civil Rights in America

Apr 5, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders relied on black entrepreneurs to make their work possible

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Rewarding Bad Behavior: The Bear Stearns Bailout

Mar 12, 2018

Ten years ago when Bear Stearns crashed, the Fed decided to bail out first, ask questions later. It was a mistake that set a bad precedent.

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Ten Years after Bear Stearns, U.S. Financial Stability Is again in Danger

Mar 12, 2018

Banks are pushing for deregulation and roll backs of Dodd-Frank’s regular check-ups on their financial health. We should be worried. 

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Financial Markets Have Taken Over the Economy. To Prevent Another Crisis, They Must Be Brought to Heel.

Feb 13, 2018

Banks have long had undue influence in society. But with the rapid expansion of a financial sector that transforms all debts and assets into tradable commodities, we are faced with something far worse: financial markets with an only abstract, inflated, and destabilizing relationship with the real economy. To prevent another crisis, finance must be domesticated and turned into a useful servant of society. 

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When Demand Shapes Supply

Feb 11, 2018

Contrary to the neoclassical model’s assumptions, shifts in aggregate demand have persistent effects on GDP

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Nancy Folbre’s Feminist, Unorthodox Economics

Jan 4, 2018

The renowned feminist economist discusses the importance of heterodoxy, radicalism, and social justice to the discipline