Articles

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

Article

Profit Inflation and Markups Once Again

Jun 15, 2023

Inflation and corporate profits, a further discussion, responding to Servaas Storm

Article

“Crypto is a Fraud on the Public”: Financial Watchdog Explains Ties Between Crypto and the Banking Crisis

May 11, 2023

Dennis Kelleher, co-founder of Washington DC-based financial watchdog Better Markets, explains how Main Street gets hurt by the ongoing banking turmoil and why crypto is the last place anybody should be running to for safety.

Article

Now Is the Time for More Ambition From Multilateral Development Banks and Their Shareholders

Mar 14, 2023

Vera Songwe, Chair of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility, and former Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, on the multiple crises facing African countries.

Article

Meet the Grinch Stealing the Future of Gen Y And Z

Dec 20, 2022

Salaries in the U.S. aren’t keeping up with inflation, despite pandemic-related increases in some sectors. That’s a major threat to the future for all working Americans – especially the youngest.