Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
The Private Debt Crisis
China is drowning in it. The whole world has too much of it. History suggests: This won’t end well.
The Pros and Cons of a Universal Basic Income
In June of this year, Swiss voters saw an initiative on their ballots calling for an “unconditional basic income” that would “allow the whole population to lead a decent life and participate in public life.” Put on the ballot by a petition drive after it was rejected in parliament, the initiative was rejected by 77 percent of Swiss voters, with 23 percent approving.
The link between health spending and life expectancy: The US is an outlier
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.