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

People’s Deposits Are Safe From Bank Failures But Not From the Economic Fallout
Bank failures don’t threaten most deposits, but they do threaten jobs
Now Is the Time for More Ambition From Multilateral Development Banks and Their Shareholders
SVB RIP: A Look Backward

Ayn Rand vs. Elinor Ostrom: The Fight for the Future of Social Media
The contrasting ideologies at play in this tech sector mirror the conflicting ideologies in economics

Victoria Chick (1936-2023)
Luigi Pasinetti (1930-2023)

The Post-Covid Global Economy: Could Negative Supply Shocks Disrupt Other Fragile Systems?
Possible repercussions of economic crisis on the stability of democracies that already show significant signs of fragility

How the Crypto Hustle Carries on America’s Shameful History of Racial Inequality
Cryptocurrency was supposed to change the economic outlook for Black America. For many, it made things worse.

Why Economists Should Support Populist Antitrust Goals
Despite the accumulation of serious and unsolvable problems, the Consumer Welfare Standard survives and continues to be taught to students for reasons unrelated to theoretical consistency and empirical confirmation.

Il faut une analyse désagrégée des conséquences de la guerre en Ukraine sur les économies en Afrique de l’Ouest
Entretien avec Gilles Yabi, directeur exécutif du Think Tank ouest-africain WATHI, sur la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique
Sécurité alimentaire en Afrique: « Nous apportons des réponses de court terme à des problèmes de moyen-long terme »
Quels sont les problèmes à long terme qui doivent être résolus et quelles sont les solutions disponibles?
Food Security in Africa: “We Are Bringing Short Term Responses to Long Term Problems”
What are the long-term problems that need to be addressed and what solutions are out there?

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): A Brief Assessment
Servaas Storm’s commentary for an INET symposium on the Inflation Reduction Act