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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

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How Corruption is Becoming America’s Operating System

Oct 1, 2020

New book by Sarah Chayes reveals the country’s descent into a level of corruption usually associated with places like Nigeria and Afghanistan

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What Happens When a Noted Female Economist Fights Toxic Culture in the Field?

Sep 9, 2020

Claudia Sahm dares to call out systemic bullying and harassment that drives out talent and compromises science. Perpetrators are not happy.

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Summary of the Book Macroeconomic Inequality From Reagan to Trump

Sep 3, 2020

Wage Repression, Asset Price Inflation, and Structural Change Caused Rising Macroeconomic Inequality for Fifty Years from before Reagan through Trump.This is a summary of a new book that is being published as part of a new book series with Cambridge University Press.