Articles

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

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

By Thomas Ferguson

Mar 28, 2019

At a G20 preparatory meeting in Berlin, an INET panel analyzed how governments can prevent banks from exploiting taxpayer-funded bailout guarantees

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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

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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

As young scholars, we have formulated a new plan for fostering diversity in both identity and scholarly thinking in economics—preconditions for academic rigor.

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Why We Need Diversity and Pluralism in Economics, Part I

By ​Orsola Costantini and Giulia Zacchia

Mar 8, 2019

INET talks to Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Claudia Goldin, and Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

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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