Articles

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

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Can Bitcoin Replace the Dollar?

By Perry G. Mehrling

Oct 14, 2017

Financial Globalization and its Cryptocurrency Discontents

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“Worse Than Big Tobacco”: How Big Pharma Fuels the Opioid Epidemic

By Lynn Parramore

Oct 10, 2017

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America’s Rising, Invisible Debt

By Robert Dugger and Daniel Blitz

Oct 6, 2017

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How Economists Turned Corporations into Predators

By Lynn Parramore

Oct 5, 2017

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Puerto Rico Is Getting Squeezed, and It Will Cost All of Us

By Anamaria Lopez

Sep 12, 2017

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Political Economy, Technocracy, and the New Gilded Age

By Demetri Kofinas

Aug 28, 2017

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Edward Kane: Hidden Subsidies for Too Big to Fail Banks

By Thomas Ferguson

Aug 24, 2017

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Surprise: The 1% Is Overrepresented in the Ivy League

By Jack Gao

Aug 11, 2017

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Economic Models That Are Costing Us All

By Alex Izurieta

Aug 11, 2017

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Protectionism Will Not Protect Jobs Anywhere

By Kenneth Rogoff

Aug 7, 2017

The same angst that Americans and Europeans have about the future of jobs is an order of magnitude higher in Asia.

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Why Tax Cuts for the Rich Solve Nothing

By Joe Stiglitz

Aug 1, 2017

Back-room deals on corporate tax reform won’t increase growth

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How “Shareholder Value” is Killing Innovation

By William Lazonick

Jul 31, 2017

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Is Productivity Growth Becoming Irrelevant?

By Adair Turner

Jul 21, 2017

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The Real Cause of the Italian Bank Bailouts and Euro Banking Troubles

By Vladimiro Giacché

Jul 19, 2017

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Imbalances in China's International Payments System

By Yu Yongding

Jul 13, 2017