Articles

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

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Why Do Economists Have Trouble Understanding Racialized Inequalities?

By Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven and Surbhi Kesar

Aug 3, 2020

Mainstream economics ignores historical and structural factors by design

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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

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Immaculate Deception

By Edward J. Kane

Jul 20, 2020

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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

To fight COVID-19, the EU must recognize that spending restraints have to go

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

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 9, 2020

Researchers reveal the enemies to stability and prosperity that threaten us all.

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Big Pharma Wants to Pocket the Profits From a COVID Treatment You Already Paid For

By Fred Ledley, Ekaterina Cleary, Zoë Folchman-Wagner, and Matthew Jackson

Jul 7, 2020

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly About the Fed’s New Credit Allocation Policy

By Edward J. Kane

Jun 30, 2020

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The COVID-19 Bailout and its Financing Dilemmas

By Jan Toporowski and Robert Calvert Jump

Jun 30, 2020

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Takyiwaa Manuh: Governments need to focus more on the gendered impacts of COVID-19

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Jun 26, 2020