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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
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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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Beyond the Dollar
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Why Hysteria Over the Italian Budget Is Wrong-Headed
Reactions to the size of the proposed plan rely on discredited assumptions and betray a fundamental misunderstanding of economic growth—and austerity
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Inequality Represents a Wasted Opportunity for Poverty Reduction
Economists who dismiss inequality as a problem secondary to poverty miss the point: Inequality is part of what drives poverty