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

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The Debate Over Taxing Robots in Context

Mar 24, 2017

Taxing the use of robotics may or may not be the answer, but the question remains how to compensate for the growing inequality created by our changing economies

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China’s Weapons of Trade War

Feb 25, 2017

A trade war would undoubtedly hurt both sides. But there is reason to believe that the US has more to lose. If nothing else, the Chinese seem to know precisely which weapons they have available to them. China could stop purchasing US aircraft, impose an embargo.

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China’s Economic Challenges May Soon Include Inequality

Feb 14, 2017

Research by Thomas Piketty, partly funded by the Institute, shows that wealth and income gaps in China are now larger than Europe’s, and approaching those of the US