Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Brexit and the Future of Europe
The European Union is headed for a disorderly disintegration, and can only be saved if it is reconstructed to satisfy citizens’ needs and aspirations
In Memoriam, Jack Treynor
Global Money: A Work in Progress
Should we really be 'learning to love' the robots?
A response to Arjun Jayadev’s argument about the impact of automation on our work and life
Britain’s EU scorecard, a dissent on China stimulus, and the productivity puzzle
What we’re reading: A weekly scan of published items relevant to the Institute’s work
Introducing the Symposium on Neoliberalism
Is Neoliberalism a fixed set of ideas, or even an identifiable political movement?
This is Water (or is it Neoliberalism?)
A meditation on Vercelli, Vernengo and Levitt & Seccareccia
Is Wall Street Doing its Job?
Where the SPD and Germany would stand today without Agenda 2010
The SPD, the Social Democratic Party of Germany, has been collapsing in the popularity polls ever since they in 2003 launched the reform Agenda. What would have come of the party if it had not been for this insane rush to reform? Possibly Gerhard Schroeder could even still be chancellor today. A case for the time machine.
Debate: How is the Greek rescue package being spent?
Despite using different methodologies, a number of scholars agree that most of the ‘bailout’ money is going to Greece’s foreign creditors
Helicopter Money on a Leash?
Shadow banking’s enduring perils
Minimum Wages & Job Loss
A Press That Serves the People in a Capitalist Society?
A new book by economist Julia Cagé offers a participatory business model for independent media.
The Unfairness of Housing Purchases Through Time
Amid the ongoing research interest in questions of inequality, it is important to examine the question of access to housing — and how that has changed over the decades. The specific question I have sought to answer, here, is whether the real cost (measured against income) of buying the average home has risen.
The Road not Taken
Three Questions with Dean Corbae
Towards a theory of shadow money
Struggles over shadow money today echo 19th century struggles over bank deposits.