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

Neural Network Effects: Scaling and Market Structure in Artificial Intelligence
As artificial intelligence reshapes our economy, policymakers must act swiftly to prevent a winner-take-all scenario in the rapidly evolving market for AI foundation models.
Musk and Tesla: Corporate Compensation, Financialization, and the Problem of Strategic Control
The “Fortune 500” of 1812

America Needs Intel Economically and Politically—But Is It Too Late?
Patrick Gelsinger stepped down as INTEL’s CEO on December 1. We published an analysis last August that provides context for why this is significant for the company and the US economy.

CrowdStrike Lessons: Liability Shields Fuel Risky Practices, Expert Warns
Cybersecurity expert Muayyad Al-Chalabi assesses CrowdStrike’s update failure and its broader implications for cybersecurity in a discussion with Lynn Parramore.

Musk and Tesla: Compensation or Control?
The $48 Billion Stock-Option Package and its Implications for the EV Transition

“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
In a candid discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, Dr. Phillip Alvelda highlights the imminent dangers of long COVID, criticizing governments and health agencies for ongoing preventable suffering and deaths. *This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.

Bernanke and Blanchard’s Obsession with the Wage-Price Spiral
Bernanke and Blanchard have made another failed attempt to salvage establishment macroeconomics after the massive onslaught of adverse inflationary circumstances with which it could evidently not contend.

Europe's New Fiscal Rules Harm Working People and Women, Boost Right-Wing Radicals
Behind bogus promises of job creation and economic growth lies a dangerous agenda to shred social safety nets.
Inflation and Power

Monetary Policy, Illiquidity, and the Inflation Debates
The key issue is the regulation of the liquidity of all financial markets, and not just that of the banking system

Bagehot on Money: A Bridge Between Bankers and Economists?
Reinterpreting Bagehot’s mature work as the origin of the key currency tradition

Is American Banking Safe? You Might Not Like The Answer from Two Fed Veterans
Walker Todd and Bill Bergman expose the untold story of banking instability, regulatory battles, and the struggle to protect the public from financial chaos