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

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‘Advanced Microeconomics for the Critical Mind’ Returns in October

Sep 20, 2016

We are happy to announce that we are offering a second run of the online course which aims to introduce graduate students and interested persons generally to the basic methods and topics of standard microeconomics as taught at the Ph.D. level — with a bit of ‘attitude’!

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The link between health spending and life expectancy: The US is an outlier

Aug 18, 2016

The US stands out as an outlier: the US spends far more on health than any other country, yet the life expectancy of the American population is not longer but actually shorter than in other countries that spend far less.

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Demystifying Monetary Finance

Aug 17, 2016

The debate about so-called helicopter money is burdened by deep fears and unnecessary confusions: some worry that monetary finance is bound to produce hyperinflation; others argue that, in terms of increasing demand and inflation, it would be no more effective than current policies. Both cannot be right.