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Britney and the Bear: Who Says You Can’t Get Good Help Anymore?

By Thomas Ferguson and Rob Johnson

From the Archives: In the wake of the Bear Stearns bailout in 2008, INET Research Director Tom Ferguson and President Rob Johnson say taxpayers rescuing banks are owed their due: “If the public is going to pay for [bailouts]… it should also get paid back for them.” Read more

Article Mar 14, 2018

Waiting for the Chinese Bear Stearns

Article By Daniela Gabor

Mar 13, 2018

Rewarding Bad Behavior: The Bear Stearns Bailout

Article By Walker Todd

Mar 12, 2018

Ten Years after Bear Stearns, U.S. Financial Stability Is again in Danger

Article By Katharina Pistor

Mar 12, 2018

How Cuba Became a Biopharma Juggernaut

Article By Andrés Cárdenas O’Farrill

Mar 5, 2018

What Piketty Missed in Measuring Wealth

Article By Nadia Garbellini

Mar 1, 2018

Stock Buybacks Hurt Workers and the Economy. We Should Ban Them.

Article By William Lazonick

Feb 27, 2018

A Note on the Gender Disparity in Quoted Experts

Article By Institute Staff

Feb 26, 2018

With Official Unemployment This Low, Why Are Wages Rising So Slowly?

Article By Servaas Storm

Feb 26, 2018

INET Research in a Stressful Year

By ​Orsola Costantini, Thomas Ferguson, and Pia Malaney

In the face of  laissez-faire capitalism at home and resurgent nationalism across the globe, INET offers an innovative look at the causes of—and solutions for—the problems that ail a fissuring world economy. Read more

Article Feb 23, 2018

Don't Want a Robot to Replace You? Study Tolstoy.

By Lynn Parramore

Economist Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, and his colleague, literary critic and Slavic studies scholar Saul Morson, argue that—contrary to popular belief—studying the humanities is the key to not getting outsourced. Read more

Article Feb 20, 2018

Even in France, Money Rules Politics

Article By Julia Cagé

Feb 15, 2018

Financial Markets Have Taken Over the Economy. To Prevent Another Crisis, They Must Be Brought to Heel.

Article By Servaas Storm

Feb 13, 2018

When Demand Shapes Supply

Article By Daniele Girardi, Walter Paternesi Meloni, and Antonella Stirati

Feb 11, 2018

Should You Buy Bitcoin?

Article By Adair Turner

Feb 8, 2018