Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Monopsony in Professional Labor Markets: Hospital System Concentration and Nurse Wage Growth
Growing consolidation in localized hospital markets appears to restrict nurse wage growth
Il faut une analyse désagrégée des conséquences de la guerre en Ukraine sur les économies en Afrique de l’Ouest
Entretien avec Gilles Yabi, directeur exécutif du Think Tank ouest-africain WATHI, sur la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique
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
Food Security in Africa: “We Are Bringing Short Term Responses to Long Term Problems”
What are the long-term problems that need to be addressed and what solutions are out there?
Trump and the Republican Base: A Machine Learning Approach (Revisited)
Economic issues are a primary part of Trump’s appeal to his base
How Inflation Reduction Became Export Promotion
Thomas Ferguson’s commentary for an INET symposium on the Inflation Reduction Act
Electricity Markets, Climate Change, and the European Energy Crisis
Price inflation, marginal cost pricing, and principles for electricity market redesign in an era of low-carbon transition
Does Nature Have Rights?
How Public Real Estate Investment Trusts Extract Wealth from Nursing Homes and Hospitals
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are considered “passive” investors and are exempt from corporate tax. But in reality, they play a very active role in reshaping whole industries, like healthcare.
What Happens when Big Brother Meets Big Tech
Author and law professor Maurice Stucke warns that as fundamental privacy rights vanish, your personal data can and will be used against you.
A Playlist That Conjures the Ferocity and Flair of Detroit
How can we develop a deeper, more human and multifaceted understanding of the past?