Articles

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

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How to Ruin a Country in Three Decades

By Servaas Storm

Apr 10, 2019

Italy’s austerity-fueled crisis is a warning to the Eurozone

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

By Clifton Mark

Apr 2, 2019

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

By Thomas Ferguson

Mar 28, 2019

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Can Markets Corrode Relationships?

Mar 25, 2019

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Why We Need Diversity and Pluralism in Economics, Part II

By ​Orsola Costantini and Giulia Zacchia

Mar 22, 2019

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Krishna Bharadwaj, the Torchbearer of Economics

By Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

Mar 21, 2019

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Is MMT “America First” Economics?

By Gerald Epstein

Mar 20, 2019

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Technology: From Copycats to Innovators

By Richard Vague

Mar 19, 2019

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Populism, Trump, and the Future of Democracy

By Michael Sandel

Mar 15, 2019

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Better Labor Standards Must Underpin the Future of Work

By Richard Samans

Mar 14, 2019

As technology and deregulation continue to shape the labor market, maintaining strong worker protections is as important as ever

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

By Martin Wolf

Mar 12, 2019

Economists should stop pretending to be scientists and go back to the core of the discipline—as a field of inquiry and way of thinking

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Diversity and Excellence: Not A Zero Sum Game

By Besiana Balla, Devika Dutt, Naomi Friedman-Sokuler, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, Jenny Tue Anh Nguyen, Lilian Rolim, and Reinhard Schumacher

Mar 11, 2019

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Why We Need Diversity and Pluralism in Economics, Part I

By ​Orsola Costantini and Giulia Zacchia

Mar 8, 2019

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Economic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System

By Michael Poyker

Mar 7, 2019

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Joan Robinson, the Rational Rebel

By Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

Mar 5, 2019