Articles

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

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Why Digital Currency Won’t Save Us

By Sheila Dow

Aug 13, 2018

State-issued digital money may avoid some pitfalls of cryptocurrency, but it’s no financial panacea

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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

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Ending the Wild West of Sovereign Debt Restructuring

By Martin Guzman

Jul 23, 2018

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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

The Koch brothers scandal at George Mason University

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Italy’s Crisis Is the Left’s Crisis

By Carlo D'Ippoliti

Jun 22, 2018

When politics is defined in terms of “populism” vs. “the mainstream,” the possibility for real economic reform is diminished.

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A Poetic Challenge to Global Capitalism That Will Rend Your Heart

By Lynn Parramore

Jun 21, 2018

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The Dismal Science and the Beautiful Game

By Jack Gao

Jun 20, 2018

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The American Behind the Deutsche Mark

By Carl Ludwig Holtfrerich

Jun 20, 2018

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How the Largest Banks Are Leading Us to a New Financial Crisis

By Michael Greenberger

Jun 19, 2018