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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
What’s Actually Behind the Banking Crisis? Why You Pay When They Play.
In the following conversation, law and economics expert Walker Todd explains how a financialized system creates havoc and why it’s time to rethink banking
Edward J. Kane: A Short Tribute
Meet the Man Who Helped Make the Dollar the World’s Currency
Perry Mehrling’s new book traces the rise of the dollar through the life and career of influential economist Charles Kindleberger
We Need to Talk About the Original Sin of Economics
How a bleak Christian theology influenced the development of the dismal science
The War in Ukraine and the Revival of Military Keynesianism
The advent of military Keynesianism is a warning against complacency about the moral superiority of the West in defending Ukrainian democracy.
Time Bomb in Global Finance
A Bank for International Settlements study says 60+ trillion dollars of off-the-books currency swaps could be a profound, systematic risk. Robert Johnson joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
Food Security in Africa: “This Crisis Has Shown the Limits to Africa’s Resilience”
“We risk a global decoupling in which East and West face off in a cold war, and Africans are caught in the middle,” says Professor Carlos Lopes in an interview with Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin
Top Antitrust Expert: We Need a New Approach to Giant Tech Firms Like Google
Economist Cristina Caffarra, a leader in competition and antitrust, warns that ever-expanding tech giants raise concerns about the extent of their power.
New Research Shows “Hostile Sexism” in Congress Thwarts Female Leaders. Just Ask Janet Yellen.
The debilitating challenges women face in being heard are detrimental to economic prosperity and to democracy itself.
How Corporations “Get Away With Murder” to Inflate Prices on Rent, Food, and Electricity
Antitrust expert Hal Singer shows how big businesses in certain industries are taking advantage of inflation worries to jack up prices far beyond their cost increases, all the while raking in robber-baron profits.
6 Economic Experts Reveal the Truth About the Inflation Reduction Act
Is it good for your wallet? A climate bill in disguise? Landmark action or nothingburger? Economic experts assess the Democrats’ legislative victory for the Institute for New Economic Thinking.