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Article
A Better Bailout Was Possible
Sep 20, 2018
Back in 2008, a critical opportunity was missed when the burden of post-crisis adjustment was tilted heavily in favor of creditors relative to debtors. The result was not only prolonged stagnation, but also the Republican Party’s embrace of demagogic populism and the election of Donald Trump.
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YSI Event
Hello, Can You Hear Me? Added Value and Inequalities in a Global Market
YSI
ConferenceSep 20–21, 2018
The Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) is supporting the conference “Hello, Can You Hear Me? Added Value and Inequalities in a Global Market,” that will be held at La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), on September 20th and 21st. The event is promoted by CEST and funded by the Young Scholars Initiative – INET and by the “Luigi Einaudi” Research Centre.
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Video
How Despair Fueled Trump
Sep 19, 2018
Trump’s surprise win areas looked like a drug overdose map
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Research Program News
Danny Quah on the Future of Global Trade
Sep 17, 2018
What would global trade without the U.S. at the helm look like? INET Global Commissioner Danny Quah investigates.
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Article
Double Whammy: Implicit Subsidies and the Great Financial Crisis
Sep 15, 2018
A financial industry safety net enriches bankers and their shareholders — at our expense
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Video
George Soros: 10 Years After the Crash
Sep 15, 2018
George Soros and Rob Johnson Discuss the Causes and Consequences of the 2008 Financial Crisis
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Article
Under Trump, the Next Financial Catastrophe is Cooking
Sep 13, 2018
Ten years after Lehman Brothers’ collapse, the Wall Street casino is running amok
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News
New Book: Inequality and Inclusive Growth in Rich Countries
Sep 12, 2018
INET Oxford’s Brian Nolan writes on his new book for VoxEU
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Video
The Economy’s Cuban Missile Crisis
Sep 12, 2018
In 2008 a global financial meltdown was just barely contained. But Adam Tooze says that the crisis of confidence has had long aftershocks
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Article
Macroeconomics Predicted the Wrong Crisis
Sep 10, 2018
Distracted by the perceived threat of a Chinese savings glut, mainstream macroeconomists missed the writing on the wall of the 2008 crisis
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News
Adair Turner on Bloomberg TV
Sep 10, 2018
INET Chairman Adair Turner reflects on the 2008 financial crisis on Bloomberg TV
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Collection
Summers vs. Stiglitz
Been following Larry Summers and Joe Stiglitz’s debate over secular stagnation? Check out their INET work on the topic here and decide for yourself who makes the better case.
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Article
Mortgage Fraud Fueled the Financial Crisis—and Could Again
Sep 7, 2018
Both before 2008 and today, there’s a disturbing tendency in Washington to not take mortgage fraud seriously
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Collection
2008: A Retrospective on the Financial Crisis
Before 2008, mainstream economics thought a global economic crisis on the scale of the Great Depression was impossible. Then Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. A decade later, INET looks back at the causes of the global financial crisis, and what policymakers—and economists—must change to prevent another one.
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Article
Mainstream Macroeconomics and Modern Monetary Theory: What Really Divides Them?
Sep 6, 2018
Despite disparate policy beliefs, MMT and orthodox macro rely on many of the same theoretical foundations