Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Bankers Think They Have an Ethical Duty to Steal From Taxpayers
It doesn’t make sense to pay someone to rob you.
UK Election: A Tale Of Two Nations
Yes, it is a tale of two nations, but in a much broader way than you think. Not just England and Scotland, but an equally salient parallel between Great Britain and Canada.
New Climate-Economic Thinking
We Must Lean Over Backwards
Party Competition to Cut the Government Deficit by More in the UK's General Election
At least the Labour Party has only promised to cut day-to-day spending, not public investment.
Learning from Karl Polanyi
Mission-Oriented Finance for Innovation: new ideas for investment-led growth
“The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all.” John M. Keynes, The End of Laissez Faire, 1926 (p. 44)
Drooping Green Shoots
Paul Krugman on the MIT History
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.
Finding Till Düppe
The Brace is On
Yes indeed, we can blog it!
Financial Deregulation: A Question of Efficiency or Distribution?
How can we better protect Main Street from the externalities of Wall Street?