Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
There Can Be No Equality Without a Dramatic Renewal of Employment Opportunity for All American Workers
To fulfill MLK’s vision of jobs and freedom for Black Americans, Washington must rein in corporate greed
Elaine Brown, Who Led Black Panthers, Sizes Up America’s Racial Reckoning
The activist and author shares a free-ranging conversation with INET president Rob Johnson.
Who Benefits From New Technologies?
Do the benefits of new technologies accrue primarily to inventors, early investors, and highly skilled users, or to society more widely as their adoption generates employment growth?
Benno Ndulu: The pandemic has laid bare the pivotal roles of both the informal sector and SMEs
An interview with Pr Benno Ndulu, the former Governor of the Bank of Tanzania, for INET’s series on COVID-19 and Africa
Enhancing Resilience in African Economies: Policy Responses to the COVID19 Pandemic in Africa
An introduction to a series of interviews conducted by Dr. Dr. Folashadé Soulé and Dr. Camilla Toulmin in support of INET’s Commission on Global Economic Transformation (CGET)
Corona Crisis and Eurobonds
The Wealth Effects of Bailouts: A Quantitative Assessment
Once again, income earned by the many is used to save the wealth of the few.
How Market Sentiment Underpins Knightian Uncertainty
We find empirical evidence that changes in market sentiment drive unforeseeable change in how stock returns unfold over time, thereby engendering Knightian uncertainty.
Patents vs. the Pandemic
Women Face Long-term Costs from Covid-19 Abortion Restrictions
Researchers have shown that the financial and economic impacts of denying women abortion care can last years
Who Benefits When the Price of Insulin Soars?
Contrary to pharmaceutical company claims, revenue from high insulin prices are going to shareholders, not R&D
The COVID-19 Recession: Unprecedented Collapse and the Need for Macro Policy
Effective and quick federal policy response is critical to create conditions for a quick recovery.