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

Profit Inflation and Markups Once Again
Inflation and corporate profits, a further discussion, responding to Servaas Storm

A New Approach for Estimating Firm-Level Cyber-Risk Exposure
Using computational linguistics to estimate firm-level cyber risk exposure based on quarterly earnings conference calls.

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


The Financial Crisis of 2023: Protecting Big Finance, Coming and Going
There needs to be a safe place for businesses to place their reserves and working capital
Can it Happen Again?

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



The Quasi-Inflation of 2021-2022: A Case of Bad Analysis and Worse Response
Why the conventional tools of the Phillips Curve, NAIRU, potential output, and money-supply growth are useless
Luigi Pasinetti (1930-2023)
Time Bomb in Global Finance

Meet the Grinch Stealing the Future of Gen Y And Z
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.