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

After the European Elections: Fiscal Policy is the Elephant in the Room
The most crucial issue in European policy, and one on which no big party campaigned and no important public discussion took place, was the fiscal policy stance for the next few years.

Work Longer, Die Sooner! America's Dire Need to Expand Social Security and Medicare
Experts are clear that working into old age often threatens the health and well-being of U.S. seniors.

Are You Ready to Dive Deep into China's Intellectual Odyssey?
Wang Hui, author of The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought, now available in English, provides conceptual guidance for understanding China’s intellectual progress in a conversation with INET’s Lynn Parramore.

Can Baby Bonds Fight the Wealth Gap and Racial Inequality? Connecticut Aims to Find Out.
Connecticut is the first state to fund and enact a baby bonds program, inspiring more states to create their own plans. Can it make a difference?

Inflation and Power
It was a mistake to accept a ‘reference price’-determination process for basic commodities led by finance

American Household Debt: A Reappraisal
Which households are more exposed to financial risk and to what extent is their debt systemically relevant?

Renowned Political Scientist: Can We Really Save American Democracy?
In an exclusive interview, Benjamin Page discusses urgent reforms needed to tackle critical challenges, from undemocratic institutions to economic inequality.

Theories of Economic Crises
The theoretical approaches to analyzing crises have behind them contrasting conceptions of the way the economy works

After Poland’s Elections: Democracy and Keynesianism?
In accepting mass unemployment, post-communist governments and the democratic parties that constituted them removed the economic foundation for Poland’s democracy.
Is Too Big to Fail Over?

How Shareholder Value Fixation Turns AI and Robotics into a Recipe for Failure
New technologies are not the problem. It’s a system distorted by a flawed ideology.