Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Harry Dexter White and the History of Bretton Woods
Why does Benn Steil’s history of Bretton Woods distort the ideas of Harry Dexter White?
Finance and the Death of Trust
We Can Do Better
Trust and Finance
America’s Debt-Ceiling Debacle
When Greece’s sovereign-debt crisis threatened the euro’s survival, U.S. officials called their European counterparts to express bewilderment at their inability to resolve the issue.
Human Capital and Economic Inequality
Inequalities in skills are fundamentally linked to economic and social inequalities.
What is Economic Success?
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.
A Model’s Crisis
Friedrich von Hayek described the economist’s task as demonstrating how little we really know about what we imagine we can design
Did Capitalism Fail? Looking Back Five Years After Lehman
How could reputable ratings agencies – and investment banks – misjudge things so badly?
The Failure of Free-Market Finance
Five years after the collapse of the U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, the world has still not addressed the fundamental cause of the subsequent financial crisis – an excess of debt. And that is why economic recovery has progressed much more slowly than anyone expected (in some countries, it has not come at all).
Europe: Is the Union over?
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.
The Long Battle For A Living Wage Goes On
The battle for a living wage for the nation’s poorest workers is set against the backdrop of mass unemployment and the highest level of economic inequality in the U.S. in almost a century.
Understanding Bank Liquidity
When Is the Time for Austerity?
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?