Articles

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

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How & Why Government, Universities, & Industry Create Domestic Labor Shortages of Scientists & High-Tech Workers

By Eric Weinstein

Mar 28, 2017

Long term labor shortages do not happen naturally in market economies.

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Mortality Crisis Redux: The Economics of Despair

By Pia Malaney

Mar 27, 2017

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The Debate Over Taxing Robots in Context

By Jack Gao

Mar 24, 2017

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The Mechanical Turn in Economics and Its Consequences

By Douglass Carmichael

Mar 20, 2017

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Kanth: A 400-Year Program of Modernist Thinking is Exploding

By Lynn Parramore

Mar 9, 2017

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Debating Household Debt

By Institute Staff

Mar 8, 2017

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Meaningful Work: A Radical Proposal

By Neva Goodwin

Mar 8, 2017

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Experts on Trial: Introduction

By ​Orsola Costantini

Mar 3, 2017

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Dismantling Public Education: Turning Ideology into Gold

By Alex Molnar

Mar 1, 2017

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China's Wage Growth: How Fast Is the Gain and What Does It Mean?

By Jack Gao

Feb 28, 2017

New findings show that hourly wage-rates in China are higher than in middle-income countries and are approaching the levels of Greece and Portugal

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Can “It” Happen Again? Defining the Battlefield for a Theoretical Revolution in Economics

By Antonella Palumbo

Feb 27, 2017

As part of our “Experts on Trial Series”, Antonella Palumbo argues for stripping away ‘scientific’ shibboleths that mask social and political choices

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China’s Weapons of Trade War

By ​Keyu Jin

Feb 25, 2017

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China’s Economic Challenges May Soon Include Inequality

By Jack Gao

Feb 14, 2017

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Euroland: Will the Netherlands be the next domino to fall?

By Servaas Storm

Feb 13, 2017

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Carbon Dividends: The Bipartisan Key to Climate Policy?

By James K. Boyce

Feb 13, 2017