Articles

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

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Stock Buybacks Hurt Workers and the Economy. We Should Ban Them.

Feb 27, 2018

Workers, innovation, and productivity all suffer when corporations spend their new U.S. tax breaks on stock buybacks.

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The Path to an African Economic Boom

Feb 2, 2018

The African Development Bank has laid out a plan for economic prosperity in the continent. But to get there, African countries must first confront jobless growth and underfunded infrastructure projects.

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Why Big Firms No Longer Pay (Much) More

Jan 28, 2018

The corporate titans of yore once offered a sizable wage premium over smaller employers—but not anymore. What happened?