Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Jim Chanos: China’s “Leveraged Prosperity” Model is Doomed. And That’s Not the Worst.
Famed short-seller is even more concerned with political fallout from Evergrande than economic/financial woes.
Nanjala Nyabola: COVID-19 and Africa: Techno-solutions won’t save us from the problems we face
In this interview, Dr. Folashadé Soulé and Dr. Camilla Toulmin discuss with Nanjala Nyabola, a writer and researcher based in Nairobi, Kenya. Nanjala’s work focuses on the intersection between technology, media, and society. She is currently the Director of Advox, the digital rights programme at Global Voices. Nanjala has held numerous research associate positions including with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), and other institutions, while also working as a research lead for several projects on human rights broadly and digital rights specifically around the world.
Why the Rich Get Richer and Interest Rates Go Down
Going Down the Rabbit Hole at Jackson Hole
Productive Bubbles
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.
Reconstructing US-China Relations
The world-renowned development economist Jeffrey Sachs outlined a new framework for US-China relations in conversation with INET President Rob Johnson
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 the U.S. Lost National Healthcare
An excerpt from the just released book, The Outlier, by Kai Bird
Carbon Pricing Isn’t Effective at Reducing CO2 Emissions
And electric vehicles don’t do a lot better
Bibliometrics or Peer Review for Research Assessment: Is That the Right Question?
A low agreement between bibliometrics and peer review at the level of individual article indicates that metrics should not replace peer review at the level of individual article.
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.”