Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Inequality As Policy: Selective Trade Protectionism Favors Higher Earners
Offshoring manufacturing may have hurt many working people in America, but professionals and intellectual property have been robustly protected
Why Can’t Economics See Race?
Three Things to Know to Hold Wells Fargo Accountable
Justice requires that the media, policy makers, and the public understand why corporations engage in misconduct and fraud
Congratulations to Economics Nobel Laureates Hart and Holmström
Economists honored for their work on contract theory, which has important implications for issues such as executive compensation that have been a focus of Institute research
Rethinking Macroeconomic Theory Before the Next Crisis
While many countries throughout the world have faced severe financial crises over the last decades, and while the Japanese stagnation and the 1997 Asian financial crisis did induce some additional interest for the introduction of banking and finance in macroeconomic theory, it is only with the advent of the US subprime financial crisis that macroeconomic and monetary theories put forward by mainstream economists have started to be questioned.
Why gender remains a central focus in tackling economic inequality
Remarks by IMF managing director Christine Lagarde remind us why gender remains a major research and policy focus for the Fund — and for the Institute for New Economic Thinking
European Ruling Highlights Apple's Corrupted Business Model
There is much for U.S. authorities to learn from the European example of forcing corporations to pay their fair share of taxes, but more far-reaching oversight of executives’ allocation of resources is also required
Monetary Policy Family Reunion at Jackson Hole
Like any family reunion, the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium may have been as significant for what was said as it was for what was not discussed
The (Impossible) Repo Trinity
Stark New Evidence on How Money Shapes America’s Elections
Oversights of two generations of social scientists have weakened democracy.
Minsky's Many Moments
The Economist pays tribute to Hyman Minsky, whose ideas on financial instability have not been given the attention and prominence they deserve
What’s the Problem With Protectionism?
One thing is now certain about the upcoming presidential election in the United States: the next president will not be a committed free trader.