Updates

  1. Quartz Reviews "What Money Can't Buy"

    Apr 25, 2018

    “The video series stems from Sandel’s conviction that the world needs to have more public debates about a pressing issue: What is the proper role of markets in a democratic society?”

  2. Richard Eskow Interviews Lynn Parramore

    Apr 24, 2018

    “The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow” talks to Lynn Parramore about her INET piece on public education.

  3. CNN: Democrats Plan Crackdown on Booming Stock Buybacks

    Mar 21, 2018

    INET grantee William Lazonick explains why Sen. Tammy Baldwin is proposing to ban stock buybacks.

  4. CNN: Are Stock Buybacks Deepening America's Inequality?

    Mar 5, 2018

    One of Wall Street’s favorite tools could be deepening the growing chasm between America’s rich and poor, according to INET grantee William Lazonick.

  5. CNN: Tax cut scoreboard: Workers $6 billion; Shareholders $171 billion

    Feb 16, 2018

    INET grantee William Lazonick explains how the Trump tax cut is resulting in buybacks on Wall Street and bonuses for CEOs

  6. Le Monde: L’impact des dons sur les résultats électoraux est un sujet central En savoir plus sur

    Feb 15, 2018

    Julia Cagé explains the impact of money on French elections

  7. Washington Post: Don’t Let Pay Increases Coming Out of Tax Reform Fool You

    Feb 6, 2018

    In their op-ed in the Washington Post, INET grantee William Lazonick and Rick Wartzman show how companies are spending their tax savings on investors, not workers.

  8. Euractiv: Champion of ‘helicopter money’ questions universal basic income

    Nov 14, 2017

    “As chair of Britain’s Financial Services Authority, Adair Turner saw the collapse of the financial system firsthand. In the aftermath of the crisis, he became one of the main advocates of helicopter money – but today he doubts if universal basic income is the best way to address growing inequality. Adair Turner spoke with EURACTIV’s Jorge Valero during INET’s conference held in Edinburgh (Scotland”

  9. BBC World Service Interviews CGET Commissioners Rob Johnson and Winnie Byanyima

    Nov 10, 2017

    Why the solution to global inequality may actually be the revival of old school policies such as public education and organised labour rights.

  10. BBC World Service Interviews CGET Commissioners Rob Johnson and Winnie Byanyima

    Nov 10, 2017

    Why the solution to global inequality may actually be the revival of old school policies such as public education and organised labour rights.

  11. Deutsche Welle: Can we avoid another financial crisis?

    Oct 26, 2017

    “Economist Steve Keen specializes in researching how private and public debt mountains arise and generate financial crises. In an interview with DW, he explains how the ECB could solve the problem — but probably won’t.”

  12. Euractiv: Oxfam chief: ‘We also feel the lack of trust among citizens’

    Oct 24, 2017

    “Winnie Byanyima believes it is high time to come up with fresh thinking in the world of politics and economy. But first, deeper self-criticism is needed across the board because all fields, including the NGO sector, are affected by a lack of trust from citizens.”

  13. Bloomberg: Inequality Is Biggest Danger for Global Growth, Warn Top Economists

    Oct 24, 2017

    Bloomberg highlights INET’s new Commission for Global Economic Transformation

  14. Inequality Is Biggest Danger for Global Growth, Warn Top Economists (Bloomberg News)

    Oct 24, 2017

    This article originally appeared on Bloomberg

  15. Euractiv: Catalonia, a viable independent state?

    Oct 23, 2017

    “Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz tells EURACTIV.com that the region would be accepted in the EU and therefore become a viable independent economy if it applied, but the former chair of the UK’s Financial Services Authority Adair Turner disagrees.”