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

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Surprise: The 1% Is Overrepresented in the Ivy League

Aug 11, 2017

New research shows that access to elite colleges varies by parents’ income—reinforcing inequality across generations 

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Jim Chanos: U.S. Economy is Worse Than You Think

Jun 30, 2017

The famed short-seller offers a mid-2017 reality check for “fake fiscal news,” and economic pipe dreams, and sees “portents of even worse things”

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We’ll Always Need Paris

Jun 29, 2017

Faced with rapid cost reductions for clean electricity generation, some commentators suggest that we no longer need the Paris agreement or other policy interventions, because technology alone can solve all problems.