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

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The Challenges to Portugal’s EU Presidency

By Damon Silvers, David Smith, Hans Eichel, Hugo Zsolt de Sousa, and Stewart Wood

Dec 13, 2019

Many of the challenges facing the new EU Presidency will need to be addressed not only at the European level but within a reinvigorated multilateral framework.

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Evil is Baked into Big Tech’s Business Plan. Now What?

By Lynn Parramore

Dec 12, 2019

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Financialization of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry

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

Dec 2, 2019

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Repo Madness: Fed Plumbing Gone Awry

By Edward J. Kane

Nov 26, 2019

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The Decline of the US Labor Share Across Sectors

By Ivan Mendieta-Muñoz, Codrina Rada, and Rudi von Arnim

Nov 21, 2019

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How Neoliberal Thinkers Spawned Monsters They Never Imagined

By Lynn Parramore

Nov 19, 2019

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WeWork Showed Us How Badly Start-up Bros Suck—but Shareholder Rule Isn’t Better

Nov 7, 2019

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The Stormy Birth of “Europe”

By Joseph Halevi

Nov 7, 2019

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Why Did Isaac Newton Lose His Shirt in Financial Speculation? Author Alex Pollock Explains.

By Lynn Parramore

Nov 4, 2019

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Not So Modern Monetary Theory

By Lance Taylor

Oct 31, 2019

Policy hype but vintage fiscal economics from Godley, Lerner, and Keynes

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Facebook, Acquisitions, and Potential Competition

By Mark Glick and Catherine Ruetschlin

Oct 21, 2019

Big Tech companies are swallowing up nascent competitors. Why aren’t regulators paying attention?

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This Take on Humanity’s Future Might Blow Your Mindset

By Lynn Parramore

Oct 17, 2019

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How Performance Evaluation Metrics Corrupt Researchers

By Alberto Baccini, ​Giuseppe De Nicolao, and Eugenio Petrovich

Oct 3, 2019

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Secular Stagnation: The Limits of Conventional Wisdom

By Stefano Di Bucchianico

Oct 1, 2019

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Kalecki, Minsky, and “Old Keynesianism” Vs. “New Keynesianism” on the Effect of Monetary Policy

By Tracy Mott

Sep 11, 2019