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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
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Piketty's World Inequality Review: A Critical Analysis
Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have insisted that tax records are better for measuring inequality than income surveys. They’re wrong.
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When the Middle Class Lost Its Wealth
Until 2008, rising home values gave the middle class a cushion amid growing income inequality. But following the financial crisis, that wealth has failed to return.
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Apple’s “Capital Return Program”: Where Are the Patient Capitalists?
Instead of rewarding the taxpayers and employees who actually create value for the tech giant, Apple is doling out massive stock buybacks