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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Should We Focus on the Problems of the Elite, or Those Faced by the Majority of the African Population?
Professor Youba Sokona, Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and African energy specialist, on how the Ukraine conflict had re-shaped thinking amongst many Africans, and on the transformation in leadership needed to address the problems faced by the majority of Africa’s people.
Anatomy of a Banking Crisis
Shifting Downward: How a Change in Fed Culture Hurt Bank Supervision
The explanation of systematic breakdowns in supervisory oversight over time must include the shift in Federal Reserve culture during and after the 1990s
Postscript to INET’s Symposium on the Banking Crisis
Austerity for ordinary citizens and bank rescues for the affluent is a toxic mix
SVB RIP: A Look Backward
Edward J. Kane: A Short Tribute
Losing Out in Critical Technologies: Cisco Systems and Financialization
Cisco’s turn from innovation to financialization and what it means for the competitive position of the US information-and-communication-technology industry
The Two Global Consensuses That Defined the Development Paradigm in Ghana Are Under Threat
Honorary Vice President at IMANI Center for policy and education, Bright Simons, on the challenges Ghana is facing
Luigi Pasinetti (1930-2023)
Monopsony in Professional Labor Markets: Hospital System Concentration and Nurse Wage Growth
Growing consolidation in localized hospital markets appears to restrict nurse wage growth
The Rise of the Global Dollar System
Why does the apparently prescient and correct “key currency” view remain an embattled minority view?
The Impact of the War in Ukraine on West Africa Requires a Disaggregated Analysis
An interview with Gilles Yabi, executive director of the West African Think Tank WATHI, on food security in Africa
Sick with “Shareholder Value”: US Pharma’s Financialized Business Model During the Pandemic
Evidence sharply contradicts PhRMA’s contention that its member companies need unregulated drug prices to generate profits that they then reinvest in drug innovation.
Trump and the Republican Base: A Machine Learning Approach (Revisited)
Economic issues are a primary part of Trump’s appeal to his base