Articles

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

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How Dairy Monopolies Keep Milk Off the Shelves

By Eileen Appelbaum and Jared Gaby-Biegle

Aug 19, 2020

Consolidation in the dairy industry has created separate, inflexible supply chains for consumers and commercial markets. When COVID killed commercial demand, perfectly good milk and cheese was wasted.

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“Savings Glut” Fables and International Trade Theory: An Autopsy

By Lance Taylor

Aug 11, 2020

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Why International Financial Regulation Still Falls Short

By William White

Aug 5, 2020

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African Youth Lead Response to COVID-19

By Folashadé Soulé and Herbert Mba Aki

Aug 4, 2020

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Why Do Economists Have Trouble Understanding Racialized Inequalities?

By Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven and Surbhi Kesar

Aug 3, 2020

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Is Silicon Valley Nudging Us Towards an Authoritarian Future?

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 29, 2020

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Coronavirus Perceptions and Economic Anxiety

By Thiemo Fetzer, Lukas Hensel, Johannes Hermle, and Christopher Roth

Jul 28, 2020

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Professor Njuguna Ndung’u: COVID-19 is a wake-up call to reform the healthcare system and make it inclusive for all

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Jul 24, 2020

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The $5.3 Trillion Question Behind America’s COVID-19 Failure

By William Lazonick and Matt Hopkins

Jul 24, 2020

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Are American Colleges and Universities the Next Covid Casualties?

By Roger Benjamin and Thomas Ferguson

Jul 22, 2020

Colleges and universities need to be saved, not only from financial ruin, but also, all too often, from themselves.

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Immaculate Deception

By Edward J. Kane

Jul 20, 2020

How and Why Bankers Still Enjoy a Global Rescue Network

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There Can Be No Equality Without a Dramatic Renewal of Employment Opportunity for All American Workers

By William Lazonick, Philip Moss, and Joshua Weitz

Jul 16, 2020

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Never Together: Black and White People in the Postwar Economic Era

By Peter Temin

Jul 13, 2020

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Europe’s Fateful Choices for Recovery – An Italian Perspective

By Antonella Stirati

Jul 13, 2020

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Elites Have Made the American Dream a Nightmare for Black People. Who’s Next?

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 9, 2020