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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Reproducibility Crisis Reaches All Randomised Controlled Trials
The social and medical sciences depend on randomised control trials – though they face more assumptions and biases than commonly thought.
The Roots of Argentina’s Surprise Crisis
A change in macroeconomic policies will not be sufficient to set Argentina on a path of inclusive and sustained economic development. But, as last month’s currency scare showed, abandoning the approach adopted by President Mauricio Macri’s administration at the end of 2015 is a necessary step.
Who Says Labor Laws Are “Luxuries”?
The World Bank and IMF say developing economies can’t afford to have strong labor laws. Actually, they can’t afford not to.
Argentina’s Unseen Fragility
The Forgotten Vision of Market Socialism
200 years after Marx’s birth, a look at how two economists sought to reconcile his idea of common ownership with market mechanisms
Why We Need a Global Public Economics
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.
The Hidden Network That Propelled Civil Rights in America
Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders relied on black entrepreneurs to make their work possible
Learning from MLK, the Inconvenient Hero
The vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years later, and the relevance of his economic ideas today
Visions Beyond the Haunted House
Rewarding Bad Behavior: The Bear Stearns Bailout
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.
Ten Years after Bear Stearns, U.S. Financial Stability Is again in Danger
Banks are pushing for deregulation and roll backs of Dodd-Frank’s regular check-ups on their financial health. We should be worried.
Financial Markets Have Taken Over the Economy. To Prevent Another Crisis, They Must Be Brought to Heel.
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.