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

Many Politicians Voting for the TARP Bailout Protected Their Own Wealth
Amid heightened focus on conflicts of interests, new research shows how legislators’ votes on the 2008 bank bailout tracked with the exposure to peril of their personal stock portfolios

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

The Retreat from Hyper-Globalization
Flows of goods and services, people and capital have overwhelmed the ability of political processes to accommodate them

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

Why Economic Recovery Requires Rethinking Capitalism
Mission-oriented public investment is vital to spur a revival of private-sector investment

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

How Gender Roles, Implicit Bias and Stereotypes Affect Women and Girls
Young women of all races and gender identities are powering movements from Black Lives Matter to immigration reform to reproductive justice to minimum wage and beyond. Researchers need to support their progress with metrics that capture the spirit they are building
Sex Uncensored
Why Can’t Economics See Race?

Unemployment Insurance Extension During Great Recession Did Not Destroy Jobs
Social safety nets don’t always need to come with a dark side

James Boyce Wins 2016 Leontief Award for Work on Environmental Inequality
Institute grantee Boyce cited for integrating ‘ecological, developmental and justice-oriented approaches’ into economics

VP Biden Cites Lazonick in Critique of Stock Buybacks
Vice President warns that corporate stock buybacks restrict America’s long-term prosperity, citing the research of Institute grantee William Lazonick who has long argued the same