Articles

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

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Why is the U.S. Economy Underperforming? Rising Inequality is the Key.

By Lynn Parramore

Nov 18, 2014

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Why Keynes is Important Today

By Peter Temin and David Vines

Oct 28, 2014

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Income and Wealth Distribution in Germany: A Macroeconomic Perspective

By Till van Treeck

Oct 26, 2014

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Nobel Win Doesn’t Equate To Policy Prescriptions

By David Colander

Oct 21, 2014

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What Apple Should Do with Its Massive Piles of Money

By William Lazonick

Oct 19, 2014

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Adam Smith's first - and last! - book: what rational choice?

By Benjamin Mitra-Kahn

Oct 18, 2014

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Numbers Show Apple Shareholders Have Already Gotten Plenty

By William Lazonick

Oct 16, 2014

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How Financialization Leads To Income Inequality

By Ken-Hou Lin and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey

Oct 16, 2014

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A History of the JEL Codes: Classifying Economics During the War [Part 1]

By Beatrice Cherrier

Oct 15, 2014

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The IMF and Human Development: Little Progress and Worrisome Trends

By Alex Kentikelenis, Thomas Stubbs, and Lawrence Peter King

Oct 13, 2014

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank celebrate their 70th anniversary this year, yet few countries have been eager to join the festivities.

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The man who will not win the Nobel

By Tiago Mata

Oct 9, 2014

Last Spring Larry Summers wounded Thomas Piketty in a friendly embrace.

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Development and Underdevelopment in Postwar Europe

By Michele Alacevich

Oct 1, 2014

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The torch that wouldn't burn - UCLA in 1968

By Tiago Mata

Sep 29, 2014

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New Research Shows Pollution Inequality in America is Even Worse Than Income Inequality

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 28, 2014

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The Flummery of Capital-Requirement Repairs Since The Crisis

By Edward J. Kane

Sep 15, 2014