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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
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When Economists Attack
How Gerald Friedman’s assessment of Bernie Sanders economic proposals prompted a rare public political spat among economists.
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Towards a theory of shadow money
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We Stopped Pfizer’s Tax Dodge, Now Let’s End the Buybacks
Industrial journalist Ken Jacobson and economist William Lazonick (both of the Academic-Industry Research Network), call for an end to stock market manipulation through buybacks.
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In EU budget debates, ‘technocratic’ veil hides political choices
As the European Union Commission readies itself for a new round of budgetary recommendations, INET senior economist Orsola Costantini warns that that the debate over how those harsh fiscal constraints are to be determined is based on a formula that masks political choices as technocratic imperatives.