Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Psychologist Explains Why Economists—and Liberals—Get Human Nature Wrong
Jonathan Haidt deploys insights from moral psychology to help us see ourselves and each other more clearly
Sunshine and Gloom in San Diego
Modeling the Financial System with a Corn Economy – “misleading and disastrous”
A critique of Mankiw’s Macroeconomics
WeWork Showed Us How Badly Start-up Bros Suck—but Shareholder Rule Isn’t Better
To make start-ups work for everyone, we need to put power back in the hands of workers.
The Stormy Birth of “Europe”
National States and Conflicting Economic Priorities in the Making of the European Monetary System
Is it Really "Full Employment"? Margins for Expansion in the US Economy in the Middle of 2019
Many indicators say the US is close to full employment: Hours of work tell a different story.
Private Equity and Surprise Medical Billing
How Investor-owned Physician Practices Are Driving up Healthcare Costs
AI is Forcing Us to Rethink Economics
INET’s grantees and Commission on Global Economic Transformation are looking at artificial intelligence and society.
A Plan for Earth’s Survival that Can Survive U.S. Politics?
Economist James K. Boyce explains how to fight climate change and rising income inequality in one shot
Capitalism’s Great Reckoning
As the maladies of modern capitalism have multiplied, fundamental questions about the future of the world’s dominant economic model have become impossible to ignore. But in the absence of viable alternatives, the question is how to reform a system that is increasingly at odds with democracy.