Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
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.
Financialization of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
Pharmaceutical drugs are often a matter of life or death. It should be a prime objective of government policy to rid the industry of financialization.
The Stormy Birth of “Europe”
Not So Modern Monetary Theory
This Take on Humanity’s Future Might Blow Your Mindset
Author Jeremy Lent argues that western conceptual frameworks with roots in the Stone Age push us towards disaster. Time to let them go?