Articles

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

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​Why Does Economics Reject New Thinking?

By Rick McGahey

Jul 29, 2016

On George Akerlof’s “The Market for Lemons”

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A rejoinder to Michael Grubb, Annela Anger-Kraavi, Igor Bashmakov and Richard Wood

By Servaas Storm and Goher-Ur-Rehman Mir

Jul 26, 2016

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Carbon Decoupling?

By Michael Grubb, Annela Anger-Kraavi, Igor Bashmakov, and Richard Wood

Jul 26, 2016

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How Much Do Shady Financial Practices Cost You, Exactly?

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 22, 2016

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​Was the Financial Crisis Anticipated? Evidence from Insider Trading in Banks

By Ozlem Akin, José M Marín, and José-Luis Peydró

Jul 21, 2016

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German Worries: Fear Fosters Crisis

By Thomas Fricke

Jul 20, 2016

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Police Shootings, Economics, and Empirics

By Rick McGahey

Jul 19, 2016

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What’s the Problem With Protectionism?

By Barry Eichengreen

Jul 19, 2016

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James Crotty and the Responsibilities of the Heterodox

By J. W. Mason

Jul 17, 2016

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On Arrest Filters and Empirical Inferences

By Rajiv Sethi

Jul 14, 2016

I’ve been thinking a bit more about Roland Fryer’s working paper on police use of force, prompted by this thread by Europile and excellent posts by Michelle Phelps and Ezekeil Kweku.

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The Promise of Regrexit

By George Soros

Jul 12, 2016

Europe’s leaders must recognize that the EU is on the verge of collapse. Instead of blaming one another, they should pull together and adopt exceptional measures.

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From Brexit to the Future

By Joe Stiglitz

Jul 11, 2016

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How MBA Programs Drive Inequality

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 7, 2016

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Another Banking Crisis in Europe? This Time, Save Banks, Not Bankers

By Thomas Ferguson and Rob Johnson

Jul 7, 2016

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Brexit, Trump and the challenge of populism

By Institute Staff

Jul 6, 2016