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

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

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

Jun 19, 2018

By evading regulation of credit default swaps, the major U.S. banks put taxpayers—and the entire economy—at risk

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Italy Holds A Mirror to a Broken Europe

Jun 14, 2018

The election of Italy’s right-wing, populist government exposes the economic and democratic shortcomings of the European project and its nationalist rivals