Articles

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

Article

Macroeconomic Stimulus à la MMT

By Lance Taylor

Apr 30, 2019

Modern Monetary Theory is problematic. Launching large scale fiscal programs that rely on it would be skating on thin ice.

Article

The Antitrust Case Against Facebook You Need to Know About

By Lynn Parramore

Apr 22, 2019

Article

U.S. Borrowers Still Pay More Than What’s Fair

By ​Orsola Costantini

Apr 19, 2019

Article

Can Antitrust Law Rein in Facebook’s Data-Mining Profit Machine?

By Dina Srinivasan

Apr 17, 2019

Article

How to Ruin a Country in Three Decades

By Servaas Storm

Apr 10, 2019

Article

A Belief in Meritocracy Is Not Only False: It’s Bad for You

By Clifton Mark

Apr 2, 2019

Article

INET to G20: Bank Regulation Can't Be Heads Banks Win, Tails Taxpayers Lose

By Thomas Ferguson

Mar 28, 2019

Article

Can Markets Corrode Relationships?

Mar 25, 2019

Article

Why We Need Diversity and Pluralism in Economics, Part II

By ​Orsola Costantini and Giulia Zacchia

Mar 22, 2019

Article

Krishna Bharadwaj, the Torchbearer of Economics

By Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

Mar 21, 2019

During her long career she illuminated many of the shortcomings of neoclassicism, and offered alternative paths

Article

Is MMT “America First” Economics?

By Gerald Epstein

Mar 20, 2019

Modern monetary theorists ignore how their policies could hurt developing countries

Article

Technology: From Copycats to Innovators

By Richard Vague

Mar 19, 2019

Article

Populism, Trump, and the Future of Democracy

By Michael Sandel

Mar 15, 2019

Article

Better Labor Standards Must Underpin the Future of Work

By Richard Samans

Mar 14, 2019

Article

Why Economists Failed as “Experts”—and How to Make Them Matter Again

By Martin Wolf

Mar 12, 2019