Articles

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

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Is it Really "Full Employment"? Margins for Expansion in the US Economy in the Middle of 2019

By Claudia Fontanari, Antonella Palumbo, and Chiara Salvatori

Sep 6, 2019

Many indicators say the US is close to full employment: Hours of work tell a different story.

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Private Equity and Surprise Medical Billing

By Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt

Sep 4, 2019

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Central Banks, Secular Stagnation, and Loanable Funds

By Mario Seccareccia and Marc Lavoie

Sep 3, 2019

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Summers and the Road to Damascus

By Servaas Storm

Sep 3, 2019

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Central Bankers, Inflation, and the Next Recession

By Lance Taylor

Sep 3, 2019

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Who’s Afraid of John Maynard Keynes?

By James K. Galbraith

Aug 30, 2019

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YSI Successfully Holds Fifth and Final Regional Convening in Asia

By Thomas Vass

Aug 27, 2019

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The Sacrificial Rites of Capitalism We Don’t Talk About

By Lynn Parramore

Aug 26, 2019

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Developing Asia Needs a New Economic Paradigm

By Jayati Ghosh

Aug 13, 2019

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Ideology is Dead! Long Live Ideology!

By Mohsen Javdani and Ha-Joon Chang

Aug 12, 2019

Economists like to say they’re immune from ideological influence. Our research shows the opposite.

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AI is Forcing Us to Rethink Economics

By Jack Gao

Aug 9, 2019

INET’s grantees and Commission on Global Economic Transformation are looking at artificial intelligence and society.

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A Plan for Earth’s Survival that Can Survive U.S. Politics?

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 30, 2019

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Keeping the Oil in the Soil

By James K. Boyce

Jul 22, 2019

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Antitrust and the Consumer Welfare Standard

By Mark Glick

Jul 16, 2019

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Firm-Level Political Risk: Measurement and Effects

By Tarek Alexander Hassan, Stephan Hollander, Laurence van Lent, and Ahmed Tahoun

Jul 11, 2019