Articles

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

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Inequality Represents a Wasted Opportunity for Poverty Reduction

By Paul Segal

Oct 4, 2018

Economists who dismiss inequality as a problem secondary to poverty miss the point: Inequality is part of what drives poverty

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The Tyranny of the Top Five Journals

By James Heckman and Sidharth Moktan

Oct 2, 2018

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Why Dodd-Frank Is a Shell Game for Banks

By Edward J. Kane

Sep 27, 2018

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Joseph Stiglitz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Talk Social and Economic Justice

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 25, 2018

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The Rise of the Radical Right in Scandinavia

By Roberto Iacono

Sep 21, 2018

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A Better Bailout Was Possible

By Rob Johnson and George Soros

Sep 20, 2018

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Double Whammy: Implicit Subsidies and the Great Financial Crisis

By Edward J. Kane

Sep 15, 2018

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Under Trump, the Next Financial Catastrophe is Cooking

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 13, 2018

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Macroeconomics Predicted the Wrong Crisis

By Adam Tooze

Sep 10, 2018

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Mortgage Fraud Fueled the Financial Crisis—and Could Again

By Thomas Herndon

Sep 7, 2018

Both before 2008 and today, there’s a disturbing tendency in Washington to not take mortgage fraud seriously

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Mainstream Macroeconomics and Modern Monetary Theory: What Really Divides Them?

By Arjun Jayadev and J. W. Mason

Sep 6, 2018

Despite disparate policy beliefs, MMT and orthodox macro rely on many of the same theoretical foundations

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The Problem with Paying Executives in Stock

By Patricia Kotnik and Mustafa Erdem Sakinç

Sep 4, 2018

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When the Levee Broke

By Rob Johnson

Sep 4, 2018

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Why We Should Worry About Monopsony

By David Weil

Sep 2, 2018

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America’s Broken Retirement System is a Recipe for Political Chaos

By Lynn Parramore

Aug 27, 2018