Articles

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

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Wikipedia’s Deep Ties to Big Tech

By Michael Olenick

Apr 5, 2021

Contrary to its image as a cash-strapped, transparent public service, Wikipedia is a wealthy NGO with close ties to big tech companies that it tries to obscure

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Chicago School Economists Got it Wrong. Strong Antitrust Policy Boosts the Economy.

By Lynn Parramore

Mar 29, 2021

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Austerity Raises Covid Deaths

By Servaas Storm

Mar 26, 2021

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New CDC Guidelines to Reopen Schools Could be Dangerous

By Deepti Gurdasani, Phillip Alvelda, and Thomas Ferguson

Mar 19, 2021

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The Economics of the 2021 American Rescue Plan

By Anton Korinek and Gosia Glinska

Mar 18, 2021

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The Full Case Against Ultra Low and Negative Interest Rates

By William White

Mar 17, 2021

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The Standard Economic Paradigm is Based on Bad Modeling

By Servaas Storm

Mar 8, 2021

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Meet the "New Koch Brothers" – the Hedge Fund Activists Wrecking America’s Green New Deal

By Lynn Parramore

Mar 4, 2021

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Missing Voters and Missing Unemployed Black Workers

By Julie Yixia Cai and Dean Baker

Mar 3, 2021

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A Big Fiscal Push is Urgent, The Risk of Overheating Is Small

By Claudia Sahm

Mar 2, 2021

The $1.9 trillion stimulus should be large because the need is large

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The Erroneous Foundations of Law and Economics

By Mark Glick and Gabriel Lozada

Feb 25, 2021

Conservative legal theory is based on a shoddy definition of what constitutes “efficiency”

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Housing and the American Dream: Is A House Still a Home?

By Pirmin Fessler and Martin Schürz

Feb 23, 2021

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To Fight Climate Change, Save Energy and Reduce Inequality

By Lance Taylor, Gregor Semieniuk, Duncan Foley, and Armon Rezai

Feb 22, 2021

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Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, OBE, Freetown City Council, Sierra Leone

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Feb 22, 2021

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Google’s Dominance of Online Ads is a Big Deal. Here’s How to Fix It.

By Lynn Parramore

Feb 19, 2021