Articles

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

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Are Economists in Denial About What's Driving the Inequality Trainwreck?

By Lynn Parramore

Jan 27, 2016

Today’s richest Americans may soon blow past the tycoons of the Roaring Twenties. Lance Taylor explains why, and what to do about it.

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Let Them Drink Pollution?

By James K. Boyce

Jan 26, 2016

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Friendly Fire

By Peter Bofinger

Jan 20, 2016

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German Wage Moderation and the Eurozone Crisis: A Critical Analysis

By Servaas Storm

Jan 8, 2016

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Start-Up Governments, or Can Bureaucracies Innovate?

By Rainer Kattel and Erkki Karo

Jan 4, 2016

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The Sneaky Way Austerity Got Sold to the Public Like Snake Oil

By Lynn Parramore

Dec 22, 2015

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

By William Lazonick

Dec 21, 2015

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The Scientific Limits of Understanding Complex Social Phenomena

By Alexander Krauss

Dec 17, 2015

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The Gift of Deregulation

By Thomas Ferguson

Dec 14, 2015

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Renminbi to the Rescue?

By Yan Liang

Dec 10, 2015

With the RMB in the SDR, careful progression in China could balance the international monetary system.

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How Economics and Race Drive America’s Great Divide

By Lynn Parramore

Dec 10, 2015

Can education stop the country’s backward slide?

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The SDR is the Catalyst for China’s Currency Internationalization

By He Fan

Dec 7, 2015

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Global Tax Dodging Just One Part of Pfizer’s Corrupt Business Model

By William Lazonick and Öner Tulum

Dec 3, 2015

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Replication and Transparency in Economic Research

By Jan H. Höffler

Dec 3, 2015

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RMB in SDR, Now What?

By Perry G. Mehrling

Dec 2, 2015