Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Why Economists Failed as “Experts”—and How to Make Them Matter Again
Economists should stop pretending to be scientists and go back to the core of the discipline—as a field of inquiry and way of thinking
The Black Woman Economist Who Pioneered a Federal Jobs Guarantee
Decades before it caught on with other economists, Sadie Alexander was the first economist to recommend a government jobs guarantee in the US
Don't “Buyback” Fair Labor Standards
We need to ban stock buybacks, while building a movement for basic economic rights
Piketty's World Inequality Review: A Critical Analysis
Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have insisted that tax records are better for measuring inequality than income surveys. They’re wrong.
Toxic Philanthropy? The Spirit of Giving While Taking
America’s new “philanthrocapitalists” are enabling social problems rather than solving them
Apple’s “Capital Return Program”: Where Are the Patient Capitalists?
Instead of rewarding the taxpayers and employees who actually create value for the tech giant, Apple is doling out massive stock buybacks
U.N. Secretary-General Meets with INET Global Commissioners
António Guterres and CGET Commissioners discuss cooperating on inequality, climate change, multilateralism, and more
The Tyranny of the Top Five Journals
Getting published in a top five economics journal is a near-requirement for tenure. But it’s a poor measure of research quality within a system that punishes creativity.
Why Dodd-Frank Is a Shell Game for Banks
Ten years after the crisis, financial regulation leaves taxpayers holding the bag for banks’ safety net.
The Problem with Paying Executives in Stock
In Europe and the United States, stock-based compensation discourages long-term corporate sustainability