Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Global Commission Brainstorms on Africa’s Economic Transformation Ahead of WEF Africa
An update from the meeting of the Commission on Global Economic Transformation (CGET) in Cape Town
Developing Asia Needs a New Economic Paradigm
Inadequate demand and climate change require a global green new deal
Ideology is Dead! Long Live Ideology!
Economists like to say they’re immune from ideological influence. Our research shows the opposite.
How Media Workers are Organizing in the Dual Economy
With journalism moving from a stable to a precarious profession, digital media workers have become some of the most organized in the startup world
State Capacity and Demand for Identity: Evidence from Political Instability in Mali
Frequent civil conflicts in African countries may erode national identity, thus highlighting a reason why civil conflict is costly for growth and development
Coding Private Money
Modern Monetary Inevitabilities
INET at the Trento Economics Festival
A collection of our research on populism, globalization and nationalism
Socialism in Our Time?
One of America’s leading socialists discusses how a collectively owned economy would be structured, the limits of the welfare state, and what Keynes understood that Marx didn’t
INET to G20: Bank Regulation Can't Be Heads Banks Win, Tails Taxpayers Lose
At a G20 preparatory meeting in Berlin, an INET panel analyzed how governments can prevent banks from exploiting taxpayer-funded bailout guarantees
Can Markets Corrode Relationships?
Kristen Ghodsee discusses her research on how love and relationships function under socialism and capitalism, and what economists miss about the rise of right-wing populism in Eastern Europe
Why We Need Diversity and Pluralism in Economics, Part I
INET talks to Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Claudia Goldin, and Maria Cristina Marcuzzo