Articles

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

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A Global Marshall Plan for Joblessness?

May 11, 2016

The corrosive social and economic effects of what have now become ‘normal’ unemployment levels require new solutions, and tradewithout full employment exacerbates the problem

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Why Liberal Economists Dish Out Despair

Apr 20, 2016

Orthodox macroeconomics has become a place where visions die and hopes are banished, for both liberals and conservatives.

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When Economists Attack

Apr 20, 2016

How Gerald Friedman’s assessment of Bernie Sanders economic proposals prompted a rare public political spat among economists.