Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
The Economics of the Affordable Care Act
Any effort to replace the Affordable Care Act will be confronted by the same structural imbalances in the health care economy that the legislation’s authors faced
INET's Turner Warns Against 'Fantasy' of Stimulating Economies Through Financial Deregulation
A Moral Challenge to Economists
INET Research in a Year of Living Dangerously
Notes from the Institute’s Director of Research on some significant papers and contributions produced in 2016 under the INET rubric
Stiglitz: Bad News Awaits America's Workers
Campaign promises aside, the policies favored by President-elect Donal Trump are likely to bring more pain than gain to working-class Americans
The Geopolitics of Populism
The big question in Asian countries right now is what lesson to take from Donald Trump’s victory in the United States’ presidential election, and from the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, in which British voters opted to leave the European Union. Unfortunately, the focus is not where it should be: geopolitical change.
Heckman Study: Investment in Early Childhood Education Yields Substantial Gains for the Economy
New research by Nobel Laureate and Institute for New Economic Thinking Advisory Board member James Heckman finds strong economic gains from birth-to-five education programs
Will Trump Bring Neoliberalism’s Apocalypse, or Merely a New Iteration?
Real existing neoliberalism as a set of social facts distinct from a purist ideology has proven remarkably adaptable and politically resilient
Trump’s Win is a Warning: Europe Urgently Needs a New Deal
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s policies allowed the United States to avoid the perils of right-wing populism that plunged Europe into war in the 1930s — Europe should learn from his example
Black Lives Still Matter
Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Network, shares a vision of how to bring economic opportunity to women of color
Can Capitalism Work for Women of Color?
Getting rid of barriers to economic security is possible with the right policies at the right time.
Cook: Race-blind economics distorts data
Scholar sees Institute for New Economic Thinking conference as an important opportunity to discuss issues of race and economics, and of Detroit’s past and future