Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Post-Crash Economics
We Can Blog it!
Economics as engineering III: Carnegie stories
The “economics and engineering” line of argument is part of economists’ rhetoric.
Macroeconomics in Perspective
Last week the “Macroeconomics in Perspective Workshop” was held at the Department of Economics of the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), in Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium
Macroeconomics in Perspective
Reflections of the Université Catholique de Louvain “Macroeconomics in Perspective Workshop”
Our Hansen Moment
Mature history of economics
[PART 1] U.S. Current Account Deficits and German Surpluses: The Role of Income Distribution in Global Imbalances
Germany’s economic policies are under attack from all sides.
In the thick of it (labels and research)
Historians like labels. X history. History of y. The labels carve out subjects, set boundaries in time and space, at times even suggest methodological commitments.
Finance and the Death of Trust
We Can Do Better
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, distrust in the financial sector was widespread. Even after the mess appeared to be cleaned up, the uncertainty over whether the worst was over remained real.
Trust and Finance
Finance is built on trust. It is based on promises about tomorrow, often paper promises backed by nothing other than words on a page. When trust in those promises breaks down, so too does the financial system. That is the lesson of thousands of years of history.
America’s Debt-Ceiling Debacle
Economic theory declassified?