Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
What does Yanis Varoufakis want?
With the approval of the reform proposals by the Greek government, the Eurozone has returned to calmer waters. But it is only a brief interlude.
The Brace is On
Yes indeed, we can blog it!
Last year I pointed out here (and here) that macroeconomists were making themselves comfortable in the blogosphere to discuss theoretical, methodological, and, why not, historical issues of their field (see also a nice post by our fellow kid, Beatrice).
Financial Deregulation: A Question of Efficiency or Distribution?
How can we better protect Main Street from the externalities of Wall Street?
They called it a sunspot
One of the earliest attempts to tackle the problem of multiple equilibria in Macroeconomics was a byproduct of David Cass and Karl Shell’s engagement with Robert Lucas’s 1972 paper on ‘Expectations and the Neutrality of Money.’
The IMF and Human Development: Little Progress and Worrisome Trends
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank celebrate their 70th anniversary this year, yet few countries have been eager to join the festivities.
The man who will not win the Nobel
Last Spring Larry Summers wounded Thomas Piketty in a friendly embrace.
Pasinetti on Institutional Forces and the Discipline of Economics
Ever since 2008, increasing numbers of economists, students, and even market professionals have protested the way economics is currently taught and practiced.
Destabilizing A Stable Crisis
Readers of Minsky are familiar with the idea that governments should act as financial stabilizing agents for their economies by running surpluses in times of boom and deficits in times of crises.