Articles

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

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Is MMT “America First” Economics?

By Gerald Epstein

Mar 20, 2019

Modern monetary theorists ignore how their policies could hurt developing countries

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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

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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

INET’s President introduces a new research program that challenges orthodox assumptions about the limits of economic knowledge

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Do Real Estate Markets Make Our Cities Less Livable?

Mar 4, 2019

Author Samuel Stein talks about how capitalism shapes housing and what economists have in common with city planners

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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

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The Black Woman Economist Who Pioneered a Federal Jobs Guarantee

By Nina Banks

Feb 22, 2019

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Don't “Buyback” Fair Labor Standards

By William Lazonick

Feb 20, 2019