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

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China's Wage Growth: How Fast Is the Gain and What Does It Mean?

Feb 28, 2017

New findings show that hourly wage-rates in China are higher than in middle-income countries and are approaching the levels of Greece and Portugal

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Zero Interest Rates in EU: The Myth of the Poor German Saver

Feb 7, 2017

Panic over the impact on  German savers of low interest rates and looming inflation neglects to mention that very few Germans are saving much

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'People Have Had Enough of Experts'

Feb 6, 2017

As part of our ongoing symposium “Experts on Trial”, Professor Sheila Dow argues that if voters have grown contemptuous of economists’ expertise, that’s because economics has been misrepresented as a technical subject separate from politics and moral judgments