Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

Johnson: Elites Eying the Exits Signals America's Crisis
Institute President Rob Johnson interviewed by the New Yorker on hedge-fund managers and the market for air strips in New Zealand

INET's Turner Warns Against 'Fantasy' of Stimulating Economies Through Financial Deregulation
There is no good case for major deregulation of the US financial sector, warns INET Board Chairman Adair Turner, and any backsliding by a Trump administration on banks’ capital requirements instituted globally after 2008 will be very dangerous

Robots, Universal Basic Income, and the Welfare State
Evidence thus far questions the assumption that robotics are eliminating jobs. INET Senior Vice President for Programs Rick McGahey says the UBI debate should focus on the long-term weakening of labor’s bargaining power

A New Tool For Teaching Pluralist Economics
Students in Europe have created an important resource for those seeking alternative curricular materials

Inequality in the United States: A Darkening Horizon
Institute for New Economic Thinking-backed research into inequality explores how taxes and government policy have contributed to deepening economic inequality
Capitalism in the Time of Trump?

Volcker: Tackle the Unfinished Business of 2008
The Volcker Alliance has launched a series of new papers with important proposals for reforming financial regulations to guard against future crises

Stiglitz: Democratic Party Needs New Economic Thinking
Nobel laureate argues that the party’s adherence to neoliberal orthodoxy has hurt its prospects
Bracing for Trumponomics

Economists and Trump: Straight Talk on Trade
By suppressing important questions in favor of being cheerleaders for globalization, economists failed to influence the public conversation

Why is Economics Still Largely a White Male Preserve?
How economics underperforms in diversity, and some potential remedies

Easy Money is Dangerous Without Activist Fiscal Policy
Seven dangers of chronically low interest rates amid austerity and fiscal-policy phobia