Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
7 Truths About Trump’s Tariffs — And the High-Stakes Future They Shape
Top money-and-politics expert Thomas Ferguson breaks down the real drivers of Trump’s aggressive tariff agenda, from big crypto plans to a new world order emerging.
James K. Galbraith on His Latest Book, DOGE, Bitcoin & More
The distinguished economist talks about the power of entropy in shaping a new economic reality and viewing current events. His new book, Entropy Economics: The Living Basis of Value and Production, challenges flawed mainstream models that lead to distortions and bad policy.
How Shareholder Activism Became Toxic—and How to Fix It
New book reveals how and why hedge-fund activists have been able to suck the life from big-name companies like J.C. Penney and Samsung with their short-sighted profit-grabs. Can their harmful activities be stopped?
Political Investments
Trump, Tariffs, and Exchange Rates: The Message of Elections in the US and Japan
What Japan, the US, and Europe have in common is growing popular anger over the economy despite high stock prices and low unemployment.
How the Wall Street Journal Blew the Story of the Democrats and Inflation
The firehose of affluent consumption continues to drive inflation, not the stimulus package
The Fed and the “Soft Landing” - Policy or Luck?
The biggest factor in accounting for the strength in the economy is the continuing importance of the wealth effect in sustaining consumption by the affluent.
What Is a “Fair” Drug Price?
Medicare Needs a Perspective on “Collective and Cumulative Learning” in Inflation Reduction Act Negotiations
Expert: Why Covid and Future Pandemics are a Bigger Threat than Nukes
Dr. Phillip Alvelda tells INET’s Lynn Parramore about persistent political and public health failures exposing us to devastating diseases, while vastly underestimating their long-term health effects.
A New Era of Endless Labor Shortages? A Critical Analysis of McKinsey's New Report
The McKinsey report’s highlighting of an extremely high job vacancy ratio in recent years does not reflect the true state of the U.S. labor market.
From Long COVID Odds to Lost IQ Points: Ongoing Threats You Don’t Know About
Stuck in a fog of misleading narratives, most of us don’t see the true extent of COVID’s persisting—and intensifying—threats. INET’s Lynn Parramore talks to Dr. Phillip Alvelda about the dangers we’re missing and the failures of public health agencies to inform and protect us. *This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.