Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
China vs. the Washington Consensus
The 2008 financial crisis was a shock to faith in entirely free financial markets. But the neoliberal assumptions underlying the previously dominant “Washington Consensus” continue to inform much Western commentary on China’s economy.
Can Bitcoin Replace the Dollar?
America’s Rising, Invisible Debt
Puerto Rico Is Getting Squeezed, and It Will Cost All of Us
The path of austerity could spread economic pain and social woes far beyond the Caribbean island, says public debt expert Martin Guzman
Political Economy, Technocracy, and the New Gilded Age
In this episode of Hidden Forces, host Demetri Kofinas speaks with Robert Johnson, about the political economy, inequality, and the failings of our technocratic institutions.