Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Should the state be doing more to fix the economy?
What we’re reading: A weekly scan of published items relevant to the Institute’s work
Helicopter Money on a Leash?
Shadow banking’s enduring perils
Minimum Wages & Job Loss
Varoufakis: Star Trek or The Matrix?
Capitalism will destroy itself, the former Greek finance minister warns, if economic calculation excludes human needs and ignores democratic verdicts
Keynes passed away 70 years ago today – his copyright follows
Keynes passed away 70 years ago today, with his copyright now expiring, there is an opportunity to build a digital archive of all his work
Towards a theory of shadow money
Instability & Stagnation in a Monetary Union
The intra-EMU divergences are a feature of the system rather than just a bug.
Can ‘matching markets’ concept help Europe manage its refugee crisis?
European Union countries are facing an epic challenge of integrating more than 1 million refugees from conflict zones in the Middle East and beyond.
When Things Fall Apart
A Wake-Up Call on Climate Change and Clean Energy
A stark warning from Institute researchers on the probability that ‘2°C capital stock’ will be reached in 2017
Understanding the Great Recession
Some fundamental Keynesian and Post-Keynesian insights, with an analysis of possible mechanisms to achieve a sustained recovery.
Politics & Economics Don't Mix
Confusion Is No Response to Economic Orthodoxy
Servaas Storm has conviction, yet his analysis throws the baby out with the bathwater.
What is Missing in Flassbeck & Lapavitsas
More on substance, coherence, and relevance in the Eurozone debate.
Let Them Drink Pollution?
Friendly Fire
German Wage Moderation and the Eurozone Crisis: A Critical Analysis
It is high time to look more closely at the labor cost competitiveness myth.