Articles

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

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James Crotty and the Responsibilities of the Heterodox

Jul 17, 2016

It was during a year in residency at Tokyo’s Hitotsuabashi University in 1995 that Jim Crotty first “met” John Maynard Keynes.

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Spain: The politics of austerity and deflation

Jul 4, 2016

An election has failed to resolve a political deadlock that coincides with long-term economic stagnation

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A New Economic Paradigm to Fight Populism

Jun 15, 2016

Globalisation was once considered a doctrine of salvation - but it has produced too many losers and created a breeding ground for heralds of simplistic truths. It is high time for a new doctrine.

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Global Money: A Work in Progress

Jun 12, 2016

A dollar-denominated global economy means the Fed is at once the bankers bank and government bank, as well as both U.S. central bank and global central bank — managing that hybrid is the challenge of our time

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How Do Investors Approach the Stock Market in a Wild Election Cycle?

Jun 1, 2016

Neither the Rational Expectations Hypothesis nor behavioral finance approaches alone provides an adequate predictor of investor behavior, argues Roman Frydman

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Profound Changes in Economics Have Made Left vs. Right Debates Irrelevant

May 31, 2016

New economic thinking has the potential to make political debates far more productive

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How the computer transformed economics. And didn’t.

May 19, 2016

The shift toward applied economics in the last 40 years is usually associated with the development of computers and datasets. Yet, the success of computer-based approaches is highly selective, and what computerization failed to change in economics is equally remarkable.

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Helicopter Money on a Leash?

May 10, 2016

Any use of money-financed fiscal expansion as a policy tool will require rules to ensure discipline and avoid excess