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

U.S. Political System Is Bought, Not Broken. A New Party Won’t Fix the Basic Problem.
Why real reform in American politics won’t come from slogans, scandals, or new parties — but from breaking the grip of investor politics and rebuilding power from the ground up.

Rethinking Pharmaceutical Innovation Policy
Misaligned incentives account for many of the most troubling features of the pharmaceutical industry’s present practices and performance.

Europe’s Gas Roller Coaster
A new INET Working Paper by Yaroslav Melekh, James Dixon, Katrina Salmon, and Michael Grubb, interrogates the contradictions between fossil lock-in through LNG import capacity and overcontracting, and policy-driven demand reduction. Here is a summary of the paper’s main findings.
Trade in the Time of Trump

Leadership in the Senate: New Boss Same as the Old Boss?
To understand politics in America, follow the money. When we do, we find good cause to expect McConnell’s shadow to live long beyond his tenure.

“A Generational Loss of Talent” - Scientist Warns Funding Cuts in Science, Tech, and Health Undermine U.S. Leadership
Phillip Alvelda, a scientist and entrepreneur with past roles at NASA and DARPA, sounds the alarm on cuts that threaten the innovative capacities that have made America a global powerhouse.

How to Reclaim America’s ‘Democracy’ From the Big Finance Oligarchy
Sociologist Michael A. McCarthy’s latest book shows how ordinary people can take back control of financial capitalism and make it work for them.

America’s Health Insurance Grinches: A Scathing Indictment of “Market” Economics
The country’s flawed insurance model, driven by greed, leads to inefficiency, inequality, and denied care - a colossal scam that has sparked fury across the nation.
Political Investments

America at the End of Its Tether
Many voters, feeling disillusioned, are searching in vain for narratives that resonate with their experiences.

The German Coal Industry and the Rise of Hitler: A Reassessment
The key role coal industrialists played in supporting and financing the eventual Nazi triumph
What Is a “Fair” Drug Price?

Alexander Hamilton’s Assault on Working People, Enslaved and Free
A new book, The Hamilton Scheme, explores a very different founder than the one we’ve come to think we know.