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

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Life Among the Econ: Talking history with Axel Leijonhufvud

Apr 18, 2012

Like many economists, I have enjoyed Axel Leijonhufvud’sLife among the Econ” and nodded appreciatively when he described the social classifications of the Econ as “Grads, Adults and Elders” and chuckled when the young grad tries to impress the elders of the ‘dept’ through adept ‘modl’ building; so when the man himself was holding a glass of champagne and chatting with me at the INET conference, I had to ask how he got that paper started.

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@INET Berlin: The Great Divide

Apr 12, 2012

Behind all the technical language and the common theme of bashing bankers, there remains the Great Divide between Germans and the rest.

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Kids Behind the Wall

Apr 12, 2012

On my way back home from the Brandenburger Tor, I recalled that I already have been there, it must have been in 1988.