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

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Shocks

Jun 21, 2011

The financial and economic crises started by the fall of Lehman Borthers came as a big shock, a financial shock, an economic shock, a psychological shock, and a political shock among others.

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A Cold Case

Jun 20, 2011

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Are banks firms?

Jun 11, 2011

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In the Crosshairs

May 14, 2011

Sense about Social Security

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Pop Archives

Apr 20, 2011

I was just amused with two projects by Shaun Usher: to “gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos” in his blog Letters of Note, and to present interesting letterheads in his Letterheadyblog.

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Inside Economics

Apr 18, 2011

Charles Ferguson’s Inside Job forces us to fundamentally rethink the connections between economics and policy making.

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A new K-hero

Apr 12, 2011

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When my heart skipped a beat

Apr 10, 2011

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Of history repeating…

Apr 9, 2011

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Interview with Barry Eichengreen, any requests?

Apr 9, 2011

We have been talking and video interviewing people at the conference, and we’ve narrowed down a small list of questions which we try to build on and have so far talked to Kenneth Rogoff, Brad DeLong, Ha-Joon Chang, Stephen Ziliak, Philippe Aghion, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Barry Eichengreen and tomorrow we start with James Galbraith.

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Anglo-Saxons versus the Germans

Apr 9, 2011

For one and a half days we had Anglo-Saxons talking finance and financial crisis: Keynesian stimuli, surplus countries bashing, drawing China in, and bullying of the Euro area and in particular Germany’s role in it.

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The Illusion of Control

Mar 6, 2011

Exit Strategies and the New Normal

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The Inherent Instability of Credit

Mar 3, 2011

What kind of “Minsky Moment”?

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Brave New World

Feb 27, 2011

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Paper Profits

Feb 23, 2011

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AIG on the Potomac

Feb 11, 2011

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Inside Job II

Jan 28, 2011

And the nomination for best Perp Walk goes to…