Articles

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

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How Market Sentiment Underpins Knightian Uncertainty

By Roman Frydman, Nicholas Mangee, and Josh Stillwagon

May 7, 2020

We find empirical evidence that changes in market sentiment drive unforeseeable change in how stock returns unfold over time, thereby engendering Knightian uncertainty.

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Modigliani Meets Minsky: Inequality and U.S. Household Debt Since 1950

By Alina Bartscher, Moritz Kuhn, and Moritz Schularick

May 7, 2020

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Chile’s Outburst of Discontent

By José Gabriel Palma

May 6, 2020

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Think Big Pharma Won’t Profiteer in the Race to Treat Coronavirus? Think Again.

By Lynn Parramore

May 5, 2020

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The Eurozone in Crisis

By Annamaria Simonazzi

May 4, 2020

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Payroll Share, Real Wage and Labor Productivity Across US States

By Ivan Mendieta-Muñoz, Codrina Rada, Ansel Schiavone, and Rudi von Arnim

Apr 30, 2020

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The Argentina Debt Reduction Proposal

By Jayati Ghosh

Apr 28, 2020

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Patents vs. the Pandemic

By Joe Stiglitz, Arjun Jayadev, and Achal Prabhala

Apr 24, 2020

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The Political Economy of the French Pension System Reform(s)

By Matthieu Montalban

Apr 22, 2020

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Women Face Long-term Costs from Covid-19 Abortion Restrictions

By Lynn Parramore

Apr 20, 2020

Researchers have shown that the financial and economic impacts of denying women abortion care can last years

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Who Benefits When the Price of Insulin Soars?

By Rosie Collington

Apr 16, 2020

Contrary to pharmaceutical company claims, revenue from high insulin prices are going to shareholders, not R&D

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Europe and the Need for Multilateralism

By Damon Silvers, David Smith, Hans Eichel, Hugo Zsolt de Sousa, Jesús Caldera, Paul Magnette, Pier Carlo Padoan, and Stewart Wood

Apr 14, 2020

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Fatal Combination: Bailouts and Bank Rescues in Money-Driven Political Systems

By Thomas Ferguson, Paul Jorgensen, and Jie Chen

Apr 13, 2020

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In Italy and Elsewhere, Expansionary Public Spending is Key to Recovery from Covid-19

By Antonella Stirati

Apr 7, 2020

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CARES Will Care for Wall Street and Big Business, for Macroeconomic Balance Maybe Not So Much

By Lance Taylor

Apr 6, 2020