Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
The Mechanics of Cryptocurrency
INET Global Commissioner Peter Bofinger breaks down cryptocurrencies, and why they’re actually far from “anonymous”
Austerity Caused Brexit
Boycott the Journal Rankings
Reproducibility Crisis Reaches All Randomised Controlled Trials
The social and medical sciences depend on randomised control trials – though they face more assumptions and biases than commonly thought.
Was Martin Luther King a socialist?
Was Martin Luther King a socialist? New book may surprise you.
Who Says Labor Laws Are “Luxuries”?
The World Bank and IMF say developing economies can’t afford to have strong labor laws. Actually, they can’t afford not to.
To Understand China’s Economy, Look to Its Politics
The removal of term limits for Xi Jinping may be a better indicator of economic health—or crisis—than official statistics
Argentina’s Unseen Fragility
Why We Need a Global Public Economics
Global public goods, from health to peace to security, crisscross national and social boundaries. We need a new economic theory to understand their pivotal role in the global economy.
How Bill Cosby, Obama and Mega-preachers Sold Economic Snake Oil to Black America
It’s time to connect political violence with economic violence.
Learning from MLK, the Inconvenient Hero
The vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years later, and the relevance of his economic ideas today
The Forgotten Economic Vision of Martin Luther King
In the last years of his life, King was boldly forging a radical, multi-racial movement for economic justice
Ten Years after Bear Stearns, U.S. Financial Stability Is again in Danger
Banks are pushing for deregulation and roll backs of Dodd-Frank’s regular check-ups on their financial health. We should be worried.