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

Let Them Drink Pollution?
The tragic crisis in Flint, Michigan, where residents have been poisoned by lead contamination, is not just about drinking water. And it’s not just about Flint. It’s about race and class, and the stark contradiction between the American dream of equal rights and opportunity for all and the American nightmare of metastasizing inequality of wealth and power.
The Gift of Deregulation
Renminbi to the Rescue?

How Economics and Race Drive America’s Great Divide
Can education stop the country’s backward slide?

The SDR is the Catalyst for China’s Currency Internationalization
There is a deeper story to be told about the inclusion of the Renminbi.
Will Spain Reject Austerity?
Printing Money

To Fix Inequality and Steady the Economy, Think Radically
Sometimes a radical path is the most practical way out of a mess.

The Wesley Clair Mitchell medal : the AEA award that never came to be
Throughout its first 10 years operation, the John Bates Clark medal was constantly challenged. Many young economists found it biased toward theory, and demanded the establishment of a distinct award for applied work.
The Teaching of Economics

$1.90 Per Day: What Does it Say?
The World Bank’s global poverty estimates suffer from deep-seated problems arising from a single source, the lack of a standard for identifying who is poor and who is not that is consistent and meaningful.

Is the Devil in the Details? Estimating Global Poverty
Economists’ assumptions, even about seemingly “small” matters, make an enormous difference to global poverty estimates but their impact often goes unnoticed, and the choices made have been badly justified. We must stop pretending that the World Bank’s “$1 per day” estimates are at all reliable.
Travelling Knowledge and Tools

Why Carried Interest is Suddenly the Inequality Flashpoint
A little-understood rule in the tax code is making headlines. What’s all the fuss?

Why You Shouldn’t Fear China’s Devaluation
If anything, it points to a better managed global financial system and a more resilient Chinese economy.

What Happened to China’s Stock Market and Why You Should Care
The sharp and sudden plunge scared everyone. Can the Chinese government get control of the market?