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

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A rejoinder to Michael Grubb, Annela Anger-Kraavi, Igor Bashmakov and Richard Wood

Jul 26, 2016

We are grateful to Michael Grubb, Annela Anger-Kraavi, Igor Bashmakov, and Richard Wood for their interesting, empirically rich and structurally insightful commentary on our paper on the production-based and the consumption-based Carbon Kuznets Curve (CKC).

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The Promise of Regrexit

Jul 12, 2016

Europe’s leaders must recognize that the EU is on the verge of collapse. Instead of blaming one another, they should pull together and adopt exceptional measures.

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From Brexit to the Future

Jul 11, 2016

The EU is preparing to take a tough line with Britain, in order to deter other member states from following it out of the Union. But it is the neoliberal agenda that has prevailed for last four decades, benefiting only the top 1%, that is fueled voter anger on both sides of the Atlantic.

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A Bridge From Brexit

Jun 30, 2016

Several days ago, we woke up to a new world. Britain had voted to leave the European Union. Some were pleased, many were deeply concerned. What is likely is that many will be affected. Some wonder if the EU will survive. It will take months if not years to fully understand the ramifications.

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The Bank for International Settlements Looks Through the Financial Cycle

Jun 28, 2016

The BIS offers a comprehensive picture of the state of the world economy, and of dysfunctional policies holding it back

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Can Philosophy Stop Bankers From Stealing?

Jun 7, 2016

Pernicious cultural norms inside American banks and regulatory agencies have crowded out fundamental moral principles. Ed Kane proposes an antidote.

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Neither Clinton nor Trump is engaging with the causes of America’s economic woes

May 17, 2016

Author Rana Foroohar explains why the economic policies being touted by both presidential frontrunners offer none of the new thinking necessary to drive a policy response to revitalize the economy