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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

The Economics and Politics of Social Democracy: A Reconsideration
To able to deal with these consequences, our crisis response now should not lock us in into a permanent state of austerity, greater inequality and heightened vulnerability to future health calamities. New-old social democratic solutions are needed more than ever before.
The Eurozone in Crisis

Patents vs. the Pandemic
With the COVID-19 death toll rising, we should question the wisdom and morality of an IP system that silently condemns millions of human beings to suffering and death every year.

The Political Economy of the French Pension System Reform(s)
Just before the crisis, European countries were designing austerity reforms that would increase inequality and reduce internal demand. Could they return?

The EU’s Green Deal: Bismarck’s ‘What Is Possible’ versus Thunberg’s ‘What Is Imperative’ in the Age of Covid-19
What ails the EU Green Deal is exactly what troubles the Union in general — an absence of social democracy at work

World War II to Covid-19: Been Here Before and Done Better
During WWII FDR mobilized private manufacturers to support the war effort. To keep Americans healthy, we need to do the same now for medical equipment


Let’s Get Real. Economists Have a Sex Problem
Economist and feminist Victoria Bateman reveals some naked truths about the failings of economics.
Modeling Myths of Climate Change

Demand-Side Secular Stagnation of Productivity Growth
Without new economic thinking, macro policy will retain its deflationary biases and secular stagnation remains the ‘normal’.

Inclusive American Economic History
Containing Slaves, Freedmen, Jim Crow laws and the Great Migration

Evil is Baked into Big Tech’s Business Plan. Now What?
In her new book, Don’t Be Evil, Rana Foroohar explores how to confront companies like Google and their under-regulated stampede over all of us.