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

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Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Antitrust Arguments “Chicago Style”

Aug 17, 2023

ProMarket and the Consumer Welfare Standard An output increase is not sufficient to increase welfare. Allocation—how goods are distributed—matters.

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Economics v. the Earth: New Book Explores the History of a Tense Relationship

Jul 6, 2023

Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind reveal how centuries of belief in infinite growth on a finite planet have put us all in danger

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Markups, Profit Shares, and Cost-Push-Profit-Led Inflation

Jun 6, 2023

To what extent is profit-led inflation compatible with what we know about the price-setting behavior of firms and income distribution?

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Sexual Harassment and Wages: The Paradox of Power

Jun 2, 2023

The wage effect of hostile working conditions, mainly in terms of sexual harassment risk in the workplace, should be considered and monitored as a first critical step in making women less vulnerable at work and increasing their bargaining power.

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Should We Focus on the Problems of the Elite, or Those Faced by the Majority of the African Population?

Apr 20, 2023

Professor Youba Sokona, Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and African energy specialist, on how the Ukraine conflict had re-shaped thinking amongst many Africans, and on the transformation in leadership needed to address the problems faced by the majority of Africa’s people.

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¿Otra crisis de la deuda en el Sur Global? Economista revela la clave para entenderla.

Apr 17, 2023

Martín Guzmán, ex ministro de Economía de Argentina, explica cómo el rol del poder debe ser central en la investigación económica, especialmente cuando se trata de deuda soberana.