Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Five Years on from Lehman: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Sadly, it is questionable whether the economy has really improved.
The End of 'Financialization'
Simon Johnson: The Problem of Too Big to Fail Is Even Bigger Than Before 2008
Simon Johnson, Professor at MIT and former chief economist of the IMF, calls for much higher capital requirements for big banks.
Did Capitalism Fail? Looking Back Five Years After Lehman
How could reputable ratings agencies – and investment banks – misjudge things so badly?
Europe: Is the Union over?
Bring on the Bubble: William Janeway on the Future of Green Technologies
Where will today’s innovation come from?
Saving Economics from the Economists - A Tribute to the Late Ronald Coase
The degree to which economics is isolated from the ordinary business of life is extraordinary and unfortunate.
Understanding Bank Liquidity
When Is the Time for Austerity?
Did Capitalism Fail? The Financial Crisis Five Years On
Did the global economic collapse in 2008 stem from structural failures in the capitalist system?
The Real Story of Detroit's Collapse
“How could Michigan officials possibly talk about cutting the average $19,000-a-year pension benefit for municipal workers while reaffirming their pledge of$283 million in taxpayer money to a professional hockey stadium?
Thirteen Ways to Split a Cake*
On the Link between Inequality, Credit, and Macroeconomic Crises
To what extant do existing mainstream models properly address issues such as heterogeneity and interactions, which are considered central ingredients to understand economic crises as emergent, endogenous phenomena.
Middle-Out Economics: A Truer Form of Capitalism
“Four men sat at a table. Raised sixty floors above the city, they did not speak loudly as one speaks from a height in the freedom of air and space; they kept their voices low, as befitted a cellar.”
Economics Needs Replication
A chronology of economics at Carnegie (in progress)
To illustrate the previous post on the difficulties in putting together a chronology, here is tentative chronology of economics at Carnegie. It’s still in process, and links, sources and entries will be updated as I read.