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

American Household Debt: A Reappraisal
Which households are more exposed to financial risk and to what extent is their debt systemically relevant?
The Dutch Earthquake

The Golden Age of AI Complementarity?
Recent developments in AI have added fuel to debates that have long simmered amongst economists, which could lead to a rethinking of economics itself.

Theories of Economic Crises
The theoretical approaches to analyzing crises have behind them contrasting conceptions of the way the economy works
Is Too Big to Fail Over?

What Has the World Learned from COVID-19? So Far, Not Nearly Enough
By all accounts infection rates have ebbed. But were we good or were we lucky?

How Shareholder Value Fixation Turns AI and Robotics into a Recipe for Failure
New technologies are not the problem. It’s a system distorted by a flawed ideology.

Inflation Narratives and Their Consequences
On the reflexive relationship between inflation and inflation narratives

Central Banks and Income Distribution: Does the Taylor Rule Push Up Rentier Incomes?
The effect of monetary policy on the functional distribution of income

Profit Inflation and Markups Once Again
Inflation and corporate profits, a further discussion, responding to Servaas Storm


“Crypto is a Fraud on the Public”: Financial Watchdog Explains Ties Between Crypto and the Banking Crisis
Dennis Kelleher, co-founder of Washington DC-based financial watchdog Better Markets, explains how Main Street gets hurt by the ongoing banking turmoil and why crypto is the last place anybody should be running to for safety.