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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Draghi’s Doom Loop(s): More than Just the Euthanasia of the Rentiers
The tail risks that may be generated by Mario Draghi’s monetary policy innovations in the Eurozone include even more intense versions of Andrew Haldane’s “Doom Loops”
Drooping Green Shoots
Paul Krugman on the MIT History
My friend and “grown-up kid” Yann Giraud just called my attention to Paul Krugman’s recent column, “Empire of the Institute”, on Roy Weintraub’s recently edited HOPE volume “MIT and the Transformation of American Economics” (to which three Playground kids contributed: Yann, Beatrice Cherrier and myself).
The Wealthless Recovery
The Brace is On
How Superstar Companies Like Apple Are Killing America’s High-Tech Future
Few would argue that America’s fortunes rise and fall on its ability to generate technological innovations — to put bold ideas to work and then bring them to market.
How Financialization Leads To Income Inequality
The paper referenced in this post, “Financialization and U.S. Income Inequality, 1970–2008,” recently was awarded the 2014 Outstanding Article Award from the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section of the American Sociological Association.
A History of the JEL Codes: Classifying Economics During the War [Part 1]
In the spring of 1940, as the war in Europe escalated and the likelihood of American involvement grew greater and greater, scientists understood that they would soon be drafted to help national defense planning.
How to Make Economics Students More Critical and Adaptive Thinkers?
Can we learn something from philosophy students?