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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
The One-Earth Balance Sheet
Getting the whole spectrum of governments, academia and civil society to track “natural capital” would help create shared efforts toward solving shared problems like the climate crisis.
Kandeh Yumkella: COVID-19 Has Helped People Understand the Vital Connection Between Energy and Health.
Dr Kandeh Yumkella is a development economist, founder and CEO of The Energy Nexus Network (TENN), a regional hub for sustainable energy solutions and serves as a Member of Parliament in Sierra Leone. Previously Dr Yumkella served as Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and founding chief executive officer for the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Initiative (2013–2015). He also served as Director-General of the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO, 2005–2013), mobilising global consensus for SDG7 and 9. He is a member of the High-Level Group of the Africa-Europe Foundation, co-chair of the Africa Europe Foundation Strategy Group on Energy, and member of various international advisory bodies, boards, and commissions.
The State Has Failed to Protect Black Wealth in Tulsa and Across America
Economist Darrick Hamilton, co-author of a new report on wealth across racial and ethnic groups in Tulsa, Oklahoma, explores the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre with the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s Lynn Parramore.
How COVID-19 Is Impacting Rural Africans in the Sahel
An interview with young migrants living in Mali’s capital city of Bamako
Carbon Pricing Isn’t Effective at Reducing CO2 Emissions
And electric vehicles don’t do a lot better
« La jeunesse africaine n’a pas assez de visibilité sur son avenir »
Un entretien avec Bara Guèye
Lessons from the First New Deal for the Next One
Whether it is called “Build Back Better” or a “Green Industrial Policy” or, indeed, a Green New Deal, it is imperative to reject the false dichotomy of “jobs against climate.”
Meet the "New Koch Brothers" – the Hedge Fund Activists Wrecking America’s Green New Deal
Wealthy predators are playing stock market games with companies needed to develop and produce clean technology
Missing Voters and Missing Unemployed Black Workers
Like Republicans with political polls, unemployed Black workers are underrepresented in federal employment data because of non-response.
George Soros and Rob Johnson Endorse an Appeal to the EU: Build a Green, Fully Employed, Resilient Economy
Revival of failed austerity policies of the past is simply not an option