Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
The Effect of Sanctions on Russia: A Skeptical View
Sanctions on Russia are isomorphic to a strict policy of trade protection, industrial policy, and capital controls.
Can it Happen Again?
What’s Actually Behind the Banking Crisis? Why You Pay When They Play.
In the following conversation, law and economics expert Walker Todd explains how a financialized system creates havoc and why it’s time to rethink banking
Why is America So Anti-City? It Holds Back the Entire Country.
A new book by economist Richard McGahey examines the country’s anti-urban structure and ideology, offering insights on how American cities can thrive.
Edward J. Kane: A Short Tribute
We Need to Talk About the Original Sin of Economics
How a bleak Christian theology influenced the development of the dismal science
Global Value Chains and Income Distribution Profiles: A World Survey
How can we quantify the wage share implied by varying degrees and types of participation to Global Value Chains?
Time Bomb in Global Finance
A Bank for International Settlements study says 60+ trillion dollars of off-the-books currency swaps could be a profound, systematic risk. Robert Johnson joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
The Great Inflation Debate: Supply Shocks and Wealth Effects in a Multipolar World Economy
Setting the record straight and identifying less destructive pathways forward than round after round of interest rate increases.
Top Antitrust Expert: We Need a New Approach to Giant Tech Firms Like Google
Economist Cristina Caffarra, a leader in competition and antitrust, warns that ever-expanding tech giants raise concerns about the extent of their power.
How Corporations “Get Away With Murder” to Inflate Prices on Rent, Food, and Electricity
Antitrust expert Hal Singer shows how big businesses in certain industries are taking advantage of inflation worries to jack up prices far beyond their cost increases, all the while raking in robber-baron profits.