Articles

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

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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

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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

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Why We Need the Knightian Uncertainty Hypothesis

By Rob Johnson

Mar 4, 2019

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Do Real Estate Markets Make Our Cities Less Livable?

Mar 4, 2019

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Fighting for Gender Equality in Economics Is Not Nearly Enough

By ​Orsola Costantini and Giulia Zacchia

Mar 1, 2019

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Sex, Power, and the Perils of Economic Writing

By Lynn Parramore

Mar 1, 2019

For women discussing economics, it’s still easier to be seen than heard

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The Black Woman Economist Who Pioneered a Federal Jobs Guarantee

By Nina Banks

Feb 22, 2019

Decades before it caught on with other economists, Sadie Alexander was the first economist to recommend a government jobs guarantee in the US

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Don't “Buyback” Fair Labor Standards

By William Lazonick

Feb 20, 2019

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Opioid Crisis Shows How Economic Inequality Kills

By Lynn Parramore

Feb 20, 2019

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Science and Subterfuge in Economics

By Jayati Ghosh

Feb 17, 2019

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How Imperfect Knowledge Shapes Financial Markets

By Nevin Cavusoglu, Michael Goldberg, and Josh Stillwagon

Feb 15, 2019