Articles

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

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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

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Online Education in the Covid-19 Crisis: “It’s Like Coke Dealers Handing Out Free Samples”

By Lynn Parramore

Apr 6, 2020

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Which Businesses Will Covid-19 Disrupt and Why? An Assessment Based on Firm-Level Data

By Tarek Alexander Hassan, Stephan Hollander, Laurence van Lent, and Ahmed Tahoun

Apr 2, 2020

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The EU’s Green Deal: Bismarck’s ‘What Is Possible’ versus Thunberg’s ‘What Is Imperative’ in the Age of Covid-19

By Servaas Storm

Apr 1, 2020

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World War II to Covid-19: Been Here Before and Done Better

By Michael Best and John Bradley

Mar 27, 2020

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The COVID-19 Recession: Unprecedented Collapse and the Need for Macro Policy

By Steven Fazzari

Mar 26, 2020

Effective and quick federal policy response is critical to create conditions for a quick recovery.

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Covid-19 Hits the Dual Economy

By Lance Taylor

Mar 26, 2020

Incomes Destroyed at the Bottom, Profits Supported at the Top

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Top Economist: Instead of Basic Income, Let’s Keep People Working Productively During the Crisis

By Lynn Parramore

Mar 25, 2020

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Private Equity Buyouts in Healthcare: Who Wins, Who Loses?

By Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt

Mar 25, 2020

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4 Ways to Eradicate the Corporate Disease That is Worsening the Covid-19 Pandemic

By William Lazonick, Matt Hopkins, Ken Jacobson, Lenore Palladino, Mustafa Erdem Sakinç, and Öner Tulum

Mar 23, 2020

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Rule Number 1 for Government Bailouts of Companies: Make Sure Voters and Taxpayers Share in the Upside

By Thomas Ferguson and Rob Johnson

Mar 23, 2020