Articles

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

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Is Too Big to Fail Over?

By Simon Johnson

Sep 22, 2023

We have made progress but not enough to forestall crises

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Creating the Post-2008 Global Safety Net: Fed Precedents, Instruments, and Targets

By Edward J. Kane

Sep 18, 2023

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Reflections on the 15th Anniversary of the Lehman Brothers Failure

By William White

Sep 15, 2023

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What Has the World Learned from COVID-19? So Far, Not Nearly Enough

By Rohinton Medhora

Sep 12, 2023

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How Shareholder Value Fixation Turns AI and Robotics into a Recipe for Failure

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 11, 2023

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Postscript: A Further Look at ProMarket’s Economics

By Mark Glick, Gabriel Lozada, and Darren Bush

Sep 8, 2023

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The Mythology of Horizontal Merger Efficiencies

By Mark Glick, Gabriel Lozada, Pavitra Govindan, and Darren Bush

Aug 31, 2023

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Labor Economist: AI May Bring a Boom in Horrible Jobs

By Lynn Parramore

Aug 28, 2023

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The Scourge of Corporate Financialization: Income Inequity, Employment Instability, Productive Fragility

By William Lazonick

Aug 21, 2023

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Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Antitrust Arguments “Chicago Style”

By Darren Bush, Mark Glick, and Gabriel Lozada

Aug 17, 2023

ProMarket and the Consumer Welfare Standard An output increase is not sufficient to increase welfare. Allocation—how goods are distributed—matters.

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How to Fix Monetary Policy in Advanced Countries

By William White

Aug 14, 2023

The monetary policies of major central banks in advanced economies have had negative consequences and thus need to be fixed

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Climate Finance: Where Does the Money Come From and Who Gets It?

By Lynn Parramore

Aug 7, 2023

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As the Ukraine War Drags On, It’s Time to Reassess the Impacts of Sanctions

By Rohinton Medhora

Aug 2, 2023

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Inflation Narratives and Their Consequences

By Nicholas Mangee

Jul 31, 2023

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Central Banks and Income Distribution: Does the Taylor Rule Push Up Rentier Incomes?

By Mario Seccareccia and Guillermo Matamoros Romero

Jul 27, 2023