Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
A Socialist Market Economy With Chinese Contradictions
Beijing’s leaders face a critical dilemma over a credit boom that imperils China’s prospects for a smooth transition to a sustainable economic path
Inequality in the United States: A Darkening Horizon
Institute for New Economic Thinking-backed research into inequality explores how taxes and government policy have contributed to deepening economic inequality
Contemplating the Age of Hyper-Uncertainty
In the 40th anniversary year of John Kenneth Galbraith’s Age of Uncertainty, the 1970s look remarkably stable in comparison with today’s turbulent world
Capitalism in the Time of Trump?
Stiglitz: Democratic Party Needs New Economic Thinking
Nobel laureate argues that the party’s adherence to neoliberal orthodoxy has hurt its prospects
Rapid Money Supply Growth Does Not Cause Inflation
Neither do rapid growth in government debt, declining interest rates, or rapid increases in a central bank’s balance sheet
Why is Economics Still Largely a White Male Preserve?
How economics underperforms in diversity, and some potential remedies
Trade Liberalization After the U.S. Election
The TPP is dead, as is the assumption that future free-trade agreements can be negotiated by experts alone
Like Abusive Policing, Denial of Access to Mortgage Credit for Black Americans is a Growing Crisis
Black Americans remain second-class citizens in access to housing finance
Secular stagnation, bubbles and the legacy of the contraceptive pill
Oral contraception created a population that, today, is disproportionately inclined to save, resulting in low to negative real interest rates. Excess eurozone savings can only be accomodated by raising sovereign debt levels
Sex Uncensored
Why Can’t Economics See Race?
Here’s What Economists Don’t Understand About Race
William Darity, Jr. has a new key to unlocking the mystery of inequality: stratification economics.