Articles

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

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Is Silicon Valley Nudging Us Towards an Authoritarian Future?

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 29, 2020

Margaret Heffernan’s new book “Uncharted” warns against giving up the power to shape our destiny to gurus and gadgets promising false certainty.

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Coronavirus Perceptions and Economic Anxiety

By Thiemo Fetzer, Lukas Hensel, Johannes Hermle, and Christopher Roth

Jul 28, 2020

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Professor Njuguna Ndung’u: COVID-19 is a wake-up call to reform the healthcare system and make it inclusive for all

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Jul 24, 2020

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The $5.3 Trillion Question Behind America’s COVID-19 Failure

By William Lazonick and Matt Hopkins

Jul 24, 2020

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Are American Colleges and Universities the Next Covid Casualties?

By Roger Benjamin and Thomas Ferguson

Jul 22, 2020

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Immaculate Deception

By Edward J. Kane

Jul 20, 2020

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There Can Be No Equality Without a Dramatic Renewal of Employment Opportunity for All American Workers

By William Lazonick, Philip Moss, and Joshua Weitz

Jul 16, 2020

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Never Together: Black and White People in the Postwar Economic Era

By Peter Temin

Jul 13, 2020

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Europe’s Fateful Choices for Recovery – An Italian Perspective

By Antonella Stirati

Jul 13, 2020

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Elites Have Made the American Dream a Nightmare for Black People. Who’s Next?

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 9, 2020

Researchers reveal the enemies to stability and prosperity that threaten us all.

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Big Pharma Wants to Pocket the Profits From a COVID Treatment You Already Paid For

By Fred Ledley, Ekaterina Cleary, Zoë Folchman-Wagner, and Matthew Jackson

Jul 7, 2020

Gilead’s shareholders want exorbitant profits from Remdesivir, even though it was the public that enabled its development.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly About the Fed’s New Credit Allocation Policy

By Edward J. Kane

Jun 30, 2020

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The COVID-19 Bailout and its Financing Dilemmas

By Jan Toporowski and Robert Calvert Jump

Jun 30, 2020

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Takyiwaa Manuh: Governments need to focus more on the gendered impacts of COVID-19

By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin

Jun 26, 2020

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OSHA in the 21st Century: Real Protection for America’s Workers

By David Michaels and Jordan Barab

Jun 25, 2020