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

Drug Price Wars: What Can Really Tame Big Pharma?
Here’s the breakdown on what’s really driving America’s runaway drug prices — and whether any of the current plans stand a chance to lower your pharmacy bill.

Labor Day 2025: The Great Crash (of the Economists)
Contrary to what many economic models suggest, salaries aren’t constantly recalibrated based on skills or technology. They follow the economy and politics—and common sense: hire when needed, promote from within, and slow hiring when budgets tighten.

Economists Warn: Trump’s Intel Move Looks Like Performance, Not Policy
Two economists who have studied Intel warn that Trump’s move to take a stake in the company amounts to flashy optics, incoherent strategy, and a creeping politicization of economic policy.