Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Which Businesses Will Covid-19 Disrupt and Why? An Assessment Based on Firm-Level Data
The scale of firm exposure to the coronavirus is unprecedented by earlier outbreaks, spans all major economies and is pervasive across all industries
Covid-19 Hits the Dual Economy
MIT Economist on Coronavirus: Young People “Going to Get Squashed”
The younger generation, already saddled with student debt and uncertain jobs, will pay a high price as the crisis unfolds.
Coronavirus Means Zero Hour for the European Union
If the European Central Bank does not jump to the aid of peripheral countries weakened by the pandemic, the Eurozone could collapse.
Modeling Myths of Climate Change
A Money View of Keynes, Keynesians, and Post-Keynesians
The central bank today is not just the government’s bank, but also a bankers’ bank, a truly hybrid institution
Is the Most Unproductive Firm the Foundation of the Most Efficient Economy?
How Penrosian Learning Confronts the Neoclassical Fallacy
The Global Impact of Brexit Uncertainty
Brexit uncertainty has already taken an economic toll
The Challenges to Portugal’s EU Presidency
Many of the challenges facing the new EU Presidency will need to be addressed not only at the European level but within a reinvigorated multilateral framework.
The Stormy Birth of “Europe”
Not So Modern Monetary Theory
Policy hype but vintage fiscal economics from Godley, Lerner, and Keynes
Facebook, Acquisitions, and Potential Competition
Big Tech companies are swallowing up nascent competitors. Why aren’t regulators paying attention?