Article | Macroeconomics
Remembering Geoffrey Harcourt (1931 - 2021)
The INET community mourns Harcourt’s passing
Should Central Bank Liquidity Provision Be a Vehicle for Fiscal Discipline?
By helping abate the liquidity crisis, incidences of banks becoming insolvent are reduced, and hence moral hazard in its severest form is minimized.Featured
Article | Health
Warning: COVID-Fueled Mental Health Crisis Will Be a Costly Second Pandemic
It’s time to prioritize mental well-being to avoid far-reaching economic and social consequences.
Article | History
Looking for a Libertarian Who’s Not Afraid of History
A response to Phillip Magness in The Wall Street Journal
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Yuen Yuen Ang, political science professor at the University of Michigan and author of the book, China’s Gilded Age, argues that the US and China have more in common than we usually think and that it makes more sense to see the conflict as a clash of gilded ages instead of a clash of civilizations.
Featuring Yuen Yuen Ang and Rob Johnson
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Article | Government & Politics
2020’s Knife Edge Election: An Analysis
Covid and BLM protests were key to Biden’s victory
By Thomas Ferguson, Paul Jorgensen, and Jie Chen
Video
Can Markets Save the Planet?
Graciela Chichilnisky has a plan to do exactly that.
Featuring Graciela Chichilnisky
Working Paper | Macroeconomics
Central Banks Caught Between Market Liquidity and Fiscal Disciplining: A Money View Perspective on Collateral Policy
By helping abate the liquidity crisis, incidences of banks becoming insolvent are reduced, and hence moral hazard in its severest form is minimized.
By Jakob Vestergaard and Daniela Gabor
Working Paper | Government & Politics
The Knife Edge Election of 2020: American Politics Between Washington, Kabul, and Weimar
Covid and BLM protests were key to Biden’s victory
By Thomas Ferguson, Paul Jorgensen, and Jie Chen
Swift reorganization or liquidation of insolvent businesses is the single best policy to deal with corporate debt booms.
By Òscar Jordà, Martin Kornejew, Moritz Schularick, and Alan Taylor
Working Paper | Business & Industry
Mexico’s Automotive Industry: A Success Story?
Between a rock and a hard place
By Jorge Carreto Sanginés, Margherita Russo, and Annamaria Simonazzi
Working Paper | Trade
Ambivalence About International Trade in Open- and Closed-ended Survey Responses
Open-ended polling responses reveal considerably more complexity – and more ambivalence and negativity – in Americans’ views of international trade than has been inferred from widely cited closed questions
By Arturo Chang, Thomas Ferguson, Jacob E. Rothschild, and Benjamin Page
In the 19th Century, “hypothecations” provided investors with valuable information on sovereign fiscal resources
By Marc Flandreau, Stefano Pietrosanti, and Carlotta E. Schuster
Dec 01, 2021
Webinars and Events
The Paralysis From Above: COP26 and Beyond for the Developing World
For several weeks, representatives of governments across the globe gathered in Glasgow to discuss plans for climate mitigation and adaptation. But the meetings were dominated by representatives of the world’s most advanced economies, often to the detriment of the places where the majority of the world’s population lives: the developing world.
Oct 12, 2021
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INET Live | Summit on Climate and U.S. China Relations
The pandemic has caused havoc to the world’s health and economy, worsening inequality and disparities already disrupted by geopolitical rivalry, climate change, financialization and technology. Health, wealth and self are entangled in anger over rising inequality and temperatures.
Sep 28, 2021
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INET Live | Just Transition and the Transition to Justice
Scientists have been sounding the alarm for decades about the severe global impact that rising temperatures will have on the environment, economies, and health outcomes, and ultimately humanity’s long-term survival. With disaster after disaster stacking up, the time for action is now.
Sep 21, 2021
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INET Live | Climate Debates
Scientists have been sounding the alarm for decades about the severe global impact that rising temperatures will have on the environment, economies, health outcomes, and ultimately humanity’s long-term survival. Yet little has been done.
Aug 12, 2021
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Law, Economics & Policy Conference (LEPC) 4.2 - Justice Delivery: New Frontiers
The 4th Law, Economics & Policy Conference (LEPC) is a virtual, multi-capsule conference series that aims to bring together legal, economic and public policy thinkers to consider a variety of real world issues in India in a holistic manner.
Jun 29, 2021
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Debt Talks Episode 8 | Public Debt: How Much is Too Much?
Where are the US and Europe now and where could they be going?
Jun 15, 2021