Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
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.”
Stock Buybacks Stand in the Way of Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
Hedge fund managers are pushing American firms to play Wall Street games instead of investing in technologies of the future. China doesn’t have that problem.
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.