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

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U.S. Corporations Don’t Need Tax Breaks on Foreign Profits

Dec 21, 2015

Many Americans have expressed outrage over Pfizer’s plan, through its merger with Allergan, to move its tax home from the United States to Ireland. Now, in a New York Times op-ed, Carl Icahn, the billionaire corporate raider turned hedge fund activist, has joined the chorus. He labels the Pfizer-Allergan deal a “travesty,” blaming the U.S.’s “uncompetitive international tax system.”

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​The American Dual Economy: Race, Globalization and the Politics of Exclusion

Nov 30, 2015

The United States economy has come apart, with the rich getting richer and workers’ incomes not advancing at all.

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Will Spain Reject Austerity?

Nov 20, 2015

Spain’s future path for economic policy will soon be decided.