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

Professor Njuguna Ndung’u: COVID-19 is a wake-up call to reform the healthcare system and make it inclusive for all
In this conversation with Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin, Pr Njuguna Ndung’u, a Kenyan economist, Director of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), a pan-African organization devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and training in sub-Saharan Africa, and former Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (2007-2015) analyses how the pandemic creates more fragility in African economies, but also how reforms could be implemented during this crisis; and the urgent need for investment in strong health institutional capacities

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly About the Fed’s New Credit Allocation Policy
The Fed is taking an aggressive approach to put out the economic fires of the pandemic. But it needs to allow for flexibility as some business models irreparably change.

The COVID-19 Bailout and its Financing Dilemmas
The speed and duration of COVID-19 economic recovery will depend on how the government will finance emergency programs.

Fatima Denton: Governments must accelerate a plan for a diversified economy, an exit from fossil fuels, and shift towards a green transition
An interview with Dr Fatima Denton, Director of the United Nations University – Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, for INET’s series on COVID-19 and Africa

If You Want Justice for Black Americans, You Have to Fix This
Economist Darrick Hamilton explains why confronting the racial wealth gap is the only way to address 400 years of discrimination.


Indian Economic Policy: Stimulus, Deficits and Privatisation
Over five phased announcements last week, the Indian government set in motion an unprecedented fiscal stimulus. Gaurav Dalmia looks at India’s near-term economic challenges and offers a prescription on how privatisation can help India achieve its objectives.
Chile’s Outburst of Discontent
The Eurozone in Crisis

Payroll Share, Real Wage and Labor Productivity Across US States
States can be sorted into two groups with statistically significantly different productivity regimes. In this sense, the US economy shows signs of dualism—which is the idea that the economy consists of heterogeneous units that exhibit different behaviors and levels of performance.


Online Education in the Covid-19 Crisis: “It’s Like Coke Dealers Handing Out Free Samples”
Economist Gordon Lafer describes a race against the education technology industry to do what’s right for America’s kids