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

Apple’s “Capital Return Program”: Where Are the Patient Capitalists?
Instead of rewarding the taxpayers and employees who actually create value for the tech giant, Apple is doling out massive stock buybacks
Beyond the Dollar

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

The Tyranny of the Top Five Journals
Getting published in a top five economics journal is a near-requirement for tenure. But it’s a poor measure of research quality within a system that punishes creativity.