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

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Introducing the Jazz economist

Jul 3, 2011

You would have thought that to be a “jazz economist” was a good thing. I first imagined a “cool cat” that would entrance the hearts and minds of the populace. Not so.

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HES 2011, Paul Samuelson and the Beatles

Jun 30, 2011

So, how hard is it to write the history of exceptional figures? Shall we buy film cameras?

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Shocks

Jun 21, 2011

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A Cold Case

Jun 20, 2011

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Are banks firms?

Jun 11, 2011

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Chinese property: a money view

Jun 9, 2011

The Chinese property market may finally be boiling over; there are certainly enough signs that the bubble is ready to burst.

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These Things Take Time

May 3, 2011

Last week, I spent a few days in the Dalton-Brand Research Room, at Duke University, skimming through the Samuelson papers.

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Regulating the Shadow Banking System, Part Two

Apr 30, 2011

Learning How to Swap

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In the Archives

Apr 26, 2011

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Pop Archives

Apr 20, 2011

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Upon leaving Mount Washington

Apr 13, 2011

The place invites poetry. By the way, all sessions can be viewed from the website – check out in particular the last session featuring Gillian Tett of the Financial Times moderating a discussion between Paul Volcker and George Soros

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A new K-hero

Apr 12, 2011

I was not in Bretton Woods this week. I followed the event through the videos posted on the INET website and the exhilarating and exhausting experience of Benjamin, Floris and Tiago.

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In Gold They Trust

Mar 26, 2011

The illusion of black swan-proofing