Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Market Power, Low Productivity, and Lagging Wages: The Real Drivers
To understand labor productivity—and growing inequality—you have to look at the “dual economy”
The Rise of Hedge Fund Activism
Austerity Caused Brexit
Boycott the Journal Rankings
Journal rankings are a rigged game. The blacklist of history of economic thought journals isn’t a fluke nor a conspiracy—it exposes how citation rankings really work
America’s White Collar Middle Class Takes a Terrifying Slide Down the Mobility Ladder
Alissa Quart’s new book chronicles the pain of a disgruntled class that could change the country’s political landscape.
How the Largest Banks Are Leading Us to a New Financial Crisis
By evading regulation of credit default swaps, the major U.S. banks put taxpayers—and the entire economy—at risk
Italy Holds A Mirror to a Broken Europe
The election of Italy’s right-wing, populist government exposes the economic and democratic shortcomings of the European project and its nationalist rivals
Argentina’s Unseen Fragility
With growth fueled by an increase in debt, Argentina is facing an uncertain economic future, despite investors’ generally rosy view. The government of Mauricio Macri has options to address the country’s macroeconomic risks, but none of them will be free of tough choices.
To Reform Capitalism, Look to Marx
200 years after Marx’s birth, many elites have taken unabashed pride in capitalism, a term that originally had negative connotations. To make our economy more just, we must reclaim Marx’s understanding of capitalism’s contradictions.
The Corporate Plan to Groom U.S. Kids for Servitude by Wiping Out Public Schools
Training first-world children for a third-world life
Samuel Bowles Remembers Martin Luther King
The economist reflects back on the racial justice leader who showed him the limits of his academic training.
Visions Beyond the Haunted House
Britney and the Bear: Who Says You Can’t Get Good Help Anymore?
From the Archives: In the wake of the Bear Stearns bailout in 2008, INET Research Director Tom Ferguson and President Rob Johnson say taxpayers rescuing banks are owed their due: “If the public is going to pay for [bailouts]… it should also get paid back for them.”