Articles

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

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The German Coal Industry and the Rise of Hitler: A Reassessment

By Karsten Heinz Schönbach

Nov 1, 2024

The key role coal industrialists played in supporting and financing the eventual Nazi triumph

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Can We Avoid a Franken-Future with AI?

By Lynn Parramore

Oct 31, 2024

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Climate Change and Macroeconomic Models: Why General Equilibrium Models Do Not Work

By Yannis Dafermos, Andrew McConnell, Maria Nikolaidi, Servaas Storm, and Boyan Yanovski

Oct 28, 2024

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Neural Network Effects: Scaling and Market Structure in Artificial Intelligence

By Anton Korinek

Oct 21, 2024

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The Deutschmark’s Real Father? A Jewish American Written Out of History.

By Lynn Parramore

Oct 10, 2024

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The Fed and the “Soft Landing” - Policy or Luck?

By Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm

Sep 30, 2024

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What Is a “Fair” Drug Price?

By William Lazonick and Öner Tulum

Sep 22, 2024

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Elon Musk and Tesla Shape America’s Future. But Problems Run Deeper Than Tweets.

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 19, 2024

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Musk and Tesla: Corporate Compensation, Financialization, and the Problem of Strategic Control

By Matt Hopkins and William Lazonick

Sep 13, 2024

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Alexander Hamilton’s Assault on Working People, Enslaved and Free

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 1, 2024

A new book, The Hamilton Scheme, explores a very different founder than the one we’ve come to think we know.

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The “Fortune 500” of 1812

By Richard Sylla and Robert E. Wright

Aug 27, 2024

By 1812 the U.S. already had more business corporations than any other country and possibly more than all other countries combined.

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Forget the Posturing – The Inflation Reduction Act May Work Better Than Many Expected

By Paula G. Chaves da Silva and Fred Ledley

Aug 16, 2024

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America Needs Intel Economically and Politically—But Is It Too Late?

By Lynn Parramore

Aug 12, 2024

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CrowdStrike Lessons: Liability Shields Fuel Risky Practices, Expert Warns

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 30, 2024

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Crying Wolf: Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation

By Fred Ledley, Henry Dao, and Cody Hyman

Jul 22, 2024