Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
How “Shareholder Value” is Killing Innovation
The prevailing stock market ideology enriches value extractors, not value creators
We’ll Always Need Paris
Trump-Style Policies Will Deepen the “American Carnage”
Current proposals will worsen inequality and harm those Trump promised to protect—while further enriching the top 1%
e-Book Launch: Can Dependency Theory Explain Our World Today?
Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) has released a new e-book, “Conversations on Dependency Theory”
The New Normal
Pathways & Obstacles to a Low-carbon Economy
The energy transition is happening. But the pace of change depends on a range of technical, business, and societal factors.
America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People
A new book by economist Peter Temin finds that the U.S. is no longer one country, but dividing into two separate economic and political worlds
Which Productivity Puzzle?
The Debate Over Taxing Robots in Context
Taxing the use of robotics may or may not be the answer, but the question remains how to compensate for the growing inequality created by our changing economies
The Mechanical Turn in Economics and Its Consequences
In the age of Adam Smith, an economics that masqueraded as natural science and excluded the human condition actually suited the interests of the landed and the wealthy
China’s Weapons of Trade War
China’s Economic Challenges May Soon Include Inequality
Research by Thomas Piketty, partly funded by the Institute, shows that wealth and income gaps in China are now larger than Europe’s, and approaching those of the US
Euroland: Will the Netherlands be the next domino to fall?
Austerity has nurtured resentments that will likely make the populist right PVV the biggest winner in the March 15 election — but without the majority or the allies needed to govern
Trumping Capitalism?
Donald Trump’s presidency is a symptom of an interregnum between economic orders – a period that will result in a new balance between state and market. While his administration’s economic policies are unlikely to provide the right answer, they may at least show the world what not to do.