Articles

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

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Social Stability and Resource Allocation within Business Groups

By Haikun Zhu

Aug 22, 2018

In China, the government uses the purses strings of state-owned enterprises to control social unrest

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The Zero-Sum Economy

By Adair Turner

Aug 20, 2018

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The Mechanics of Cryptocurrency

By Peter Bofinger

Aug 15, 2018

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Rethinking Social Progress in the 21st Century

By Andrew Sheng

Aug 14, 2018

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Why Digital Currency Won’t Save Us

By Sheila Dow

Aug 13, 2018

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Macroeconomics and the Italian Vote

By Walter Paternesi Meloni and Antonella Stirati

Aug 6, 2018

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The Rise of Hedge Fund Activism

By Jang-Sup Shin

Aug 3, 2018

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Austerity Caused Brexit

Aug 2, 2018

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Boycott the Journal Rankings

By Alberto Baccini

Jul 27, 2018

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America’s White Collar Middle Class Takes a Terrifying Slide Down the Mobility Ladder

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 24, 2018

Alissa Quart’s new book chronicles the pain of a disgruntled class that could change the country’s political landscape.

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Ending the Wild West of Sovereign Debt Restructuring

By Martin Guzman

Jul 23, 2018

Clear rules and sound principles for debt restructuring would level the playing field between developing countries and creditors

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Reproducibility Crisis Reaches All Randomised Controlled Trials

By Alexander Krauss

Jul 9, 2018

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Was Martin Luther King a socialist?

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 5, 2018

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Money and the Unflappable Economist

By Philip E. Mirowski

Jun 25, 2018

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Italy’s Crisis Is the Left’s Crisis

By Carlo D'Ippoliti

Jun 22, 2018