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OK, but why? This is the question we ask daily at INET. We sit down with experts from around the world to find out what they think, since sometimes it’s the simplest questions that have the most important answers.

Martín Guzmán, ex ministro de Economía de Argentina, explica cómo el rol del poder debe ser central en la investigación económica, especialmente cuando se trata de deuda soberana.

Martin Guzman, Argentina’s former Minister of Economy, explains how the role of power should be central to economic research – especially when it comes to sovereign debt.

Sanctions on Russia are isomorphic to a strict policy of trade protection, industrial policy, and capital controls.

Despite the shock and the costs, the sanctions imposed on the Russian economy were in the nature of a gift.

Anton Jäger discusses his new book “Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income” co-authored with Daniel Zamora Vargas.

Daniel Zamora Vargas discusses his new book “Welfare for Markets: A Global History of Basic Income” co-authored with Anton Jäger.

Ferguson et al.’s revised INET working paper on Trump and the 2016 election is temporarily available on open access from the International Journal of Political Economy.

Hannah Farber discusses her book and explains how the insurance business and the United States discovered that they were good for one another.

Inclusive development especially the role of employment opportunities in a changing world of work and the environment in envisioning inclusiveness

Morale hazard can turn into a darker ‘moral’ hazard

There needs to be a safe place for businesses to place their reserves and working capital

Featuring articles by James B. Thomson and Walker F. Todd, Claudia Sahm, Gerald Epstein, Ronnie J. Phillips, Anastasia Nesvetailova, Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr., William Bergman, and Thomas Ferguson

There is a banking crisis. Again. Banking regulators were asleep at the switch. Again.

A federal government guarantee or 100% reserve banking? Which is better?