Articles

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

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How Inequality Leads to Industrial Feudalism

By Hanna Szymborska and Jan Toporowski

Jan 24, 2022

In a society where asset ownership is incredibly unequal, social mobility becomes severely diminished

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Paper: Regional and Continental Integration in Africa in the Covid-19 Era: New Drivers and Perspectives

By John Igue

Jan 20, 2022

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Fable of the Squirrels: New Research on Wealth Inequality Among Animals Sparks Debate on Human Economies

By Lynn Parramore

Jan 18, 2022

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Automotive Value Chains in a Brave New World

By Margherita Russo, Fabrizio Alboni, Jorge Carreto Sanginés, Manlio De Domenico, Giuseppe Mangioni, Simone Righi, and Annamaria Simonazzi

Jan 11, 2022

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Fateful Collision: NATO’s Drive to the East Versus Russia’s Sphere of Influence

By James Kurth

Jan 7, 2022

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Is the Doom of Humanity Really Inevitable? Maybe Not.

By Lynn Parramore

Jan 4, 2022

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Introducing the Novelty-Narrative Hypothesis

By Nicholas Mangee

Dec 16, 2021

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Models of Temperature and Economic Growth: Some Cautionary Remarks

By Richard A. Rosen

Dec 14, 2021

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Remembering Geoffrey Harcourt (1931 - 2021)

By Joseph Halevi

Dec 10, 2021

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Should Central Bank Liquidity Provision Be a Vehicle for Fiscal Discipline?

By Jakob Vestergaard and Daniela Gabor

Dec 8, 2021

By helping abate the liquidity crisis, incidences of banks becoming insolvent are reduced, and hence moral hazard in its severest form is minimized.

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Looking for a Libertarian Who’s Not Afraid of History

By Nancy MacLean

Dec 2, 2021

A response to Phillip Magness in The Wall Street Journal

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Warning: COVID-Fueled Mental Health Crisis Will Be a Costly Second Pandemic

By Lynn Parramore

Nov 30, 2021

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The Pandemic Triggered the Questioning of Current Governance Systems in Africa

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Nov 30, 2021

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Experts on Inflation: Prognosis, Political Fallout and Who’s Really to Blame

By Lynn Parramore

Nov 18, 2021

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2020’s Knife Edge Election: An Analysis

By Thomas Ferguson, Paul Jorgensen, and Jie Chen

Nov 16, 2021