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

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Do Real Estate Markets Make Our Cities Less Livable?

Mar 4, 2019

Author Samuel Stein talks about how capitalism shapes housing and what economists have in common with city planners

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The Bogus Paper that Gutted Workers’ Rights

Feb 6, 2019

For years, governments in India and much of the developing world have followed the advice of a paper arguing that labor regulations actually hurt workers. The problem? The research was wrong.

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Millionaire-Driven Education Reform Has Failed. Here’s What Works.

Jan 31, 2019

Journalist Andrea Gabor’s new book heralds a “quiet revolution” in education you didn’t know was happening