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

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The Economics and Politics of Social Democracy: A Reconsideration

May 14, 2020

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.

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Patents vs. the Pandemic

Apr 24, 2020

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.

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World War II to Covid-19: Been Here Before and Done Better

Mar 27, 2020

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

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Let’s Get Real. Economists Have a Sex Problem

Mar 6, 2020

Economist and feminist Victoria Bateman reveals some naked truths about the failings of economics.

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Demand-Side Secular Stagnation of Productivity Growth

Jan 30, 2020

Without new economic thinking, macro policy will retain its deflationary biases and secular stagnation remains the ‘normal’.