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

The Deutschmark’s Real Father? A Jewish American Written Out of History.
In a fresh release from INET’s book series with Cambridge University Press, renowned German economic historian Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich uncovers the startling truth behind German currency reform usually hailed as the foundation of the post-war German economic miracle: Ludwig Erhard, who cooperated with the Nazis, unjustly claimed the spotlight, overshadowing the real architect, Edward Tenenbaum.
The “Fortune 500” of 1812

CrowdStrike Lessons: Liability Shields Fuel Risky Practices, Expert Warns
Cybersecurity expert Muayyad Al-Chalabi assesses CrowdStrike’s update failure and its broader implications for cybersecurity in a discussion with Lynn Parramore.

Crying Wolf: Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation
Increasing evidence that the IRA is probably not harming pharmaceutical innovation.

“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
In a candid discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, Dr. Phillip Alvelda highlights the imminent dangers of long COVID, criticizing governments and health agencies for ongoing preventable suffering and deaths. *This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.

Antitrust Policy and Artificial Intelligence: Some Neglected Issues
An ensemble of mechanisms enables cloud hegemons (Microsoft, Google, Amazon) to plan the whole AI knowledge and innovation network by weaponizing interdependence in networks.

Europe's New Fiscal Rules Harm Working People and Women, Boost Right-Wing Radicals
Behind bogus promises of job creation and economic growth lies a dangerous agenda to shred social safety nets.

The Global Pharmaceutical Industry Isn’t Investing in Products for the Greatest Burden of Human Disease - Are Non-Profits a Solution?
Programs for expedited review may be preferentially reducing the development costs for conditions with lesser disease burden, potentially making investments in addressing the most significant disease burdens even less appealing and exacerbating the market failure further.
Inflation and Power

Bagehot on Money: A Bridge Between Bankers and Economists?
Reinterpreting Bagehot’s mature work as the origin of the key currency tradition

Occupation, Gender, and Labor Market Volatility
When working within the same employment spell, female workers, particularly those of color and those working in low-wage service and care jobs, earn significantly less when facing greater volatility than their male counterparts or those working in non-service, non-care occupations.
