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

Nancy Folbre’s Feminist, Unorthodox Economics
The renowned feminist economist discusses the importance of heterodoxy, radicalism, and social justice to the discipline

Nothing Natural About the Natural Rate of Unemployment
With unemployment reaching very low levels in major economies, despite low – and slowly rising – inflation, it’s time for central banks to rethink their reliance on the so-called natural rate. No numerical target for this rate can serve as an anchor for monetary policy.

How Despair Helped Drive Trump to Victory
From the Rust Belt to Rural America, Economic and Social Distress Helped Shape the 2016 US Presidential Election Outcome