Articles

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

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

By Steven Fazzari

Mar 26, 2020

Effective and quick federal policy response is critical to create conditions for a quick recovery.

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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

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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

A report from the Commission on Global Economic Transformation’s meeting in West Africa

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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 K. 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

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Psychologist Explains Why Economists—and Liberals—Get Human Nature Wrong

By Lynn Parramore

Feb 11, 2020