Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Trumpism Has Dealt a Mortal Blow to Orthodox Economics and ‘Social Science’
How orthodox economics paved the way for the political shocks of 2016
Black Lives Still Matter
The Global Trade Slowdown is both True and Non-trivial
Economists offer widely different explanations for the decline in trade between nations, in a debate that remains unresolved but is increasingly urgent
‘A Grownup Conversation About Race and Class’: Rev. William Barber to Address Institute’s Detroit Conference
Renowned campaigner for social and economic justice to set the tone in conference keynote
Yellen Challenges Economists Amid Elusive Great Recovery
Like the Great Depression and the stagflation of the ’70s, the anemic growth of the U.S. economy can’t be understood or remedied without changes in economists’ thinking
Sex Uncensored
Improvements in data collection create potential for better outcomes for the LGBT community.
Johnson: The Fed is losing its aura of expertise
Past failures, present uncertainty, and a challenging political environment have vastly complicated the central bank’s task, says Institute President Rob Johnson
New Evidence Shows Gender Inequality in Top Incomes
Research by INET grantees Atkinson, Casarico and Voitchovsky shows that women are starkly underrepresented in top earning brackets across a range of different countries
The Private Debt Crisis
‘Advanced Microeconomics for the Critical Mind’ Returns in October
We are happy to announce that we are offering a second run of the online course which aims to introduce graduate students and interested persons generally to the basic methods and topics of standard microeconomics as taught at the Ph.D. level — with a bit of ‘attitude’!
Who Has Space for Renewables?
Estimated space requirements for solar energy sufficient to power the entire world are reassuringly trivial, at 0.5-1% of global land area. For individual countries however, the challenges vary greatly, reflecting dramatic differences in population density.
Demystifying Monetary Finance
The debate about so-called helicopter money is burdened by deep fears and unnecessary confusions: some worry that monetary finance is bound to produce hyperinflation; others argue that, in terms of increasing demand and inflation, it would be no more effective than current policies. Both cannot be right.