Articles

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

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World War II to Covid-19: Been Here Before and Done Better

By Michael Best and John Bradley

Mar 27, 2020

During WWII FDR mobilized private manufacturers to support the war effort. To keep Americans healthy, we need to do the same now for medical equipment

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The COVID-19 Recession: Unprecedented Collapse and the Need for Macro Policy

By Steven Fazzari

Mar 26, 2020

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Covid-19 Hits the Dual Economy

By Lance Taylor

Mar 26, 2020

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Top Economist: Instead of Basic Income, Let’s Keep People Working Productively During the Crisis

By Lynn Parramore

Mar 25, 2020

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Private Equity Buyouts in Healthcare: Who Wins, Who Loses?

By Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt

Mar 25, 2020

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4 Ways to Eradicate the Corporate Disease That is Worsening the Covid-19 Pandemic

By William Lazonick, Matt Hopkins, Ken Jacobson, Lenore Palladino, Mustafa Erdem Sakinç, and Öner Tulum

Mar 23, 2020

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Rule Number 1 for Government Bailouts of Companies: Make Sure Voters and Taxpayers Share in the Upside

By Thomas Ferguson and Rob Johnson

Mar 23, 2020

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MIT Economist on Coronavirus: Young People “Going to Get Squashed”

By Lynn Parramore

Mar 19, 2020

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Coronavirus Means Zero Hour for the European Union

By Thomas Ferguson and Edward J. Kane

Mar 16, 2020

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Who's Responsible Here?

By Tanya Goldman and David Weil

Mar 9, 2020

Establishing legal responsibility in the fissured workplace

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Let’s Get Real. Economists Have a Sex Problem

By Lynn Parramore

Mar 6, 2020

Economist and feminist Victoria Bateman reveals some naked truths about the failings of economics.

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Dakar Dialogue Brings Politics Back into Economic Thinking

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Mar 2, 2020

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Kari Polanyi Levitt

By Mario Seccareccia

Feb 26, 2020

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Freedom from Fossil Fuels is Good for Your Health

By James Boyce

Feb 20, 2020

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The New Hampshire Democratic Primary in One Graph

By Thomas Ferguson, Jie Chen, and Paul Jorgensen

Feb 12, 2020