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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
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Independence vs. Accountability in the Evolution of the Fed
Peter Conti Brown’s new book explores and debunks a powerful meme shaping public understanding of the role of the Fed
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Shadow banking’s enduring perils
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Minimum Wages & Job Loss
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The Unfairness of Housing Purchases Through Time
Amid the ongoing research interest in questions of inequality, it is important to examine the question of access to housing — and how that has changed over the decades. The specific question I have sought to answer, here, is whether the real cost (measured against income) of buying the average home has risen.
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Varoufakis: Star Trek or The Matrix?
Capitalism will destroy itself, the former Greek finance minister warns, if economic calculation excludes human needs and ignores democratic verdicts