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

Bank failures don’t threaten most deposits, but they do threaten jobs

The explanation of systematic breakdowns in supervisory oversight over time must include the shift in Federal Reserve culture during and after the 1990s

Austerity for ordinary citizens and bank rescues for the affluent is a toxic mix

This time is different. But is it?

In the following conversation, law and economics expert Walker Todd explains how a financialized system creates havoc and why it’s time to rethink banking

Historians Naomi Oreskes (Harvard University) and Erik Conway (Caltech) talk to Rob about their just released book, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market.

A new book by economist Richard McGahey examines the country’s anti-urban structure and ideology, offering insights on how American cities can thrive.

Vera Songwe, Chair of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility, and former Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, on the multiple crises facing African countries.

INET Research on Financial Sector Weakness and Too Big to Fail

A model that captures key vulnerabilities and structural weaknesses of developing countries’ trade and production structures.

A Balance-of-Payments Constrained Growth Perspective

The contrasting ideologies at play in this tech sector mirror the conflicting ideologies in economics

INET Grantee & Academic Advisor Perry Mehrling talks about his new book “Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System”

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