Articles

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

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Swimming against the Current: A Remembrance of Ronald Coase (1910-2013)

By Steven Medema

Sep 13, 2013

Ronald Coase, who passed away last week at age 102, spent his academic career swimming against the current.

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Inequality – It’s Bad…And It’s About to Get Way Worse

Sep 12, 2013

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Europe: Is the Union over?

Sep 10, 2013

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William Janeway: Can China Innovate at the Frontier?

By William Janeway

Sep 10, 2013

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Dilemma Not Trilemma: The Global Financial Cycle and Monetary Policy Independence

By Hélène Rey

Sep 6, 2013

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Bring on the Bubble: William Janeway on the Future of Green Technologies

Sep 4, 2013

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Saving Economics from the Economists - A Tribute to the Late Ronald Coase

Sep 2, 2013

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The Long Battle For A Living Wage Goes On

By Pavlina R. Tcherneva

Aug 30, 2013

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Why is economic sense so often morally appalling?

By Stephen Kinsella

Aug 20, 2013

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What Was the Real Cost of the Great Recession?

By Andrew Sheng

Aug 18, 2013

We are coming up to the fifth anniversary of the Lehman crash in September 2008. How bad was it? Have we fixed the problems?

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Katharina Pistor: The Legal Theory of Finance

Aug 9, 2013

economists still conceive of law too narrowly, mainly as a means to reduce transaction costs and protect investors.

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Detroit, and the Bankruptcy of America’s Social Contract

By Robert Reich

Jul 31, 2013

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Understanding Bank Liquidity

By Andrew Sheng

Jul 28, 2013

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Why Economics Needs Economic History

By Kevin O'Rourke

Jul 28, 2013

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When Is the Time for Austerity?

By Alan Taylor

Jul 26, 2013