Articles

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

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Minimum Wages & Job Loss

By Rick McGahey

May 6, 2016

As empirical evidence continues to roll in, can the theoretical orthodoxy continue to hold their ground?

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A Press That Serves the People in a Capitalist Society?

By Lynn Parramore

May 5, 2016

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The Unfairness of Housing Purchases Through Time

By Marc Lavoie

Apr 29, 2016

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Varoufakis: Star Trek or The Matrix?

By Lynn Parramore

Apr 27, 2016

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Keynes passed away 70 years ago today – his copyright follows

By Benjamin Mitra-Kahn

Apr 21, 2016

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Why Liberal Economists Dish Out Despair

By Gerald Friedman

Apr 20, 2016

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When Economists Attack

Apr 20, 2016

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​The Road not Taken

By Arjun Jayadev

Apr 19, 2016

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Three Questions with Dean Corbae

By James Heckman

Apr 19, 2016

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The Rise Of The Right-Wing Populist: Back In The Court Of The Banks

By Thomas Fricke

Apr 18, 2016

Contrary to common belief, this shift is not so much caused by the refugee crisis, but rather by the historical disaster that followed the big financial crisis since 2007.

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Twitter and the Stock News Echo Chamber that Whips up Volatility

By Eric Beinhocker

Apr 17, 2016

Anyone watching the stock market has seen this: a post hits Twitter containing old news, and investors react as if it were new.

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Towards a theory of shadow money

By Daniela Gabor and Jakob Vestergaard

Apr 14, 2016

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The Global Consumption and Income Project

By Sanjay Reddy, Arjun Jayadev, and ​Rahul ​Lahoti

Apr 14, 2016

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Instability & Stagnation in a Monetary Union

By Paolo Pasimeni

Apr 11, 2016

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Can ‘matching markets’ concept help Europe manage its refugee crisis?

Apr 11, 2016