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

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America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People

Apr 20, 2017

A new book by economist Peter Temin finds that the U.S. is no longer one country, but dividing into two separate economic and political worlds

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Mortality Crisis Redux: The Economics of Despair

Mar 27, 2017

The health crisis afflicting working-class Americans recalls similar symptoms in Russia following the collapse of communism

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The Debate Over Taxing Robots in Context

Mar 24, 2017

Taxing the use of robotics may or may not be the answer, but the question remains how to compensate for the growing inequality created by our changing economies