Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Subsidizing Chemical Fertilizers is Counterproductive
By reducing our reliance on chemical fertilizers, policymakers could turn today’s food crisis into a genuine opportunity towards shifting subsidies from agribusiness-led to agroecological-led farming systems
Profit Inflation Is Real
Profit-Led Inflation Redefined: Response to Nikiforos and Grothe
Besides changes in institutions and social norms, other phenomena could explain a rise in the profit share.
Private Equity is Out of Control and Looting America. This Prosecutor Says We Can Fix It.
In his new book, “Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan To Pillage America,” Brendan Ballou, a federal prosecutor who served as Special Counsel for Private Equity in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, outlines the dangers of a trillion-dollar industry that hardly anyone understands. He explains how Americans can fight their harmful practices.
Markets and Artificial Intelligence
What happens when we fuse, for the first time, artificially intelligent agents into either our market or political structures?
Bank Stocks Rallied Today, But…
Anatomy of a Banking Crisis
People’s Deposits Are Safe From Bank Failures But Not From the Economic Fallout
Bank failures don’t threaten most deposits, but they do threaten jobs
Shifting Downward: How a Change in Fed Culture Hurt Bank Supervision
The explanation of systematic breakdowns in supervisory oversight over time must include the shift in Federal Reserve culture during and after the 1990s
Now Is the Time for More Ambition From Multilateral Development Banks and Their Shareholders
SVB RIP: A Look Backward
Losing Out in Critical Technologies: Cisco Systems and Financialization
Cisco’s turn from innovation to financialization and what it means for the competitive position of the US information-and-communication-technology industry
Victoria Chick (1936-2023)
Luigi Pasinetti (1930-2023)
How the Crypto Hustle Carries on America’s Shameful History of Racial Inequality
Cryptocurrency was supposed to change the economic outlook for Black America. For many, it made things worse.