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

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Giant Tech Firms Plan to Read Your Mind and Control Your Emotions. Can They Be Stopped?

May 31, 2022

Author and law professor Maurice Stucke explains why the practices of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple are so dangerous and what’s really required to rein them in. Hint: Current proposals are unlikely to work.

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Your Money and Your Life: Private Equity Blasts Ethical Boundaries of American Medicine

May 18, 2022

In a harrowing new book, scholar Laura Katz Olson pulls back the curtain on a shadowy Wall Street threat that is taking over health care companies – and preying on human lives.

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Top Economist: America’s Racist Economy Getting Worse, Not Better

Mar 8, 2022

Lynn Parramore explores Peter Temin’s new book on the country’s two economic histories: progress for whites, slavery and segregation for Black people. He warns of a second-tier global future unless they come together.

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Where Did You Go, Vice President Joe?

Mar 4, 2022

President Biden’s first SOTU Address was a missed opportunity to say what he knows to be true: Stock buybacks manipulate the market and leave most Americans worse off

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Fable of the Squirrels: New Research on Wealth Inequality Among Animals Sparks Debate on Human Economies

Jan 18, 2022

Researchers studying beasts that pass on resources and advantages to offspring have raised the old question of whether humans are destined to live in stratified conditions. Your view may depend on your relative position.