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

From Fed Failures to Inflation and Stablecoins: America’s Trust Is Cracking
Authors Bill Bergman and Larry Feltes argue that declining public confidence in government and financial institutions is putting the U.S. economy in peril — and a crisis could come faster than you think.
Education of a Grandmaster

The U.S. Is Betting the Economy on ‘Scaling’ AI: Where Is the Intelligence When One Needs It?
Storm argues the AI data-centre investment boom is creating a bubble that will be socially and financially expensive when it pops.

5 Lessons from the End of the Larry Summers Era
Summers’ influence was immense, but so were his blind spots. It’s time for economics that values people and the planet over power and prestige.

The Hidden History Fueling Tariffs, Shutdowns, and National Breakdown
From political slugfests to classroom battles, historian Marc Egnal talks with INET’s Lynn Parramore about the need for a new approach to our national story.

INET Warned Over 2 Years Ago: Spending by the Wealthy Is Distorting the Economy
The idea is finally catching on, but many still miss how deeply it’s driving inflation, masking wage losses, and complicating recovery.

Study Finds Male and Female Economists See the Economy Differently -- Even When Politically Aligned. It Matters for Everyone.
In a significant new study published by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Canadian economist Mohsen Javdani reveals that gender shapes views on power, equality, and inclusion in ways politics alone can’t explain.

Engendering Pluralism: How Gender Diversity Can Transform Economics
How women economists expand orientations and perspectives that can transform economics into a pluralistic, critically engaged, and socially responsive discipline.

AI, Antitrust & Privacy: When More Competition Makes Things Worse
Without strong privacy laws and aligned incentives, increased AI competition worsens surveillance, manipulation, and disinformation—threatening privacy, autonomy, and democracy.

Ex-CISA Official Warns: We’ve Gutted Cybersecurity—A Gift to Iran, China and Russia
Dr. David Mussington, cybersecurity expert with two decades of experience, reveals why the clock is ticking on U.S. vulnerabilities under Trump.
Europe’s Gas Roller Coaster

They Looted Companies — Now They're Looting the Government
Economist William Lazonick reveals how the extraction model of American corporations has migrated from business to government.