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

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Will Spain Reject Austerity?

Nov 20, 2015

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

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Institute Grantee Appointed Central Bank Governor

Oct 20, 2015

The Institute extends its congratulations to Philip Lane, who has been named to succeed Patrick Honohan as the Irish central bank chief, and inherit his role on the council of the ECB.

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Matching the Moment, But Missing the Point?

Oct 19, 2015

This essay critically evaluates the benefits and costs of the dominant methodology in macroeconomics, the DSGE approach. Although the approach has led to great progress in some areas, it has also created biases and blind spots in the profession that hold back our understanding and our ability to govern the macroeconomy. There is great scope for progress in macroeconomics by judiciously pushing the boundaries of some of the methodological restrictions imposed by the DSGE approach.