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

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INET's Turner Warns Against 'Fantasy' of Stimulating Economies Through Financial Deregulation

Jan 5, 2017

There is no good case for major deregulation of the US financial sector, warns INET Board Chairman Adair Turner, and any backsliding by a Trump administration on banks’ capital requirements instituted globally after 2008 will be very dangerous

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Chanos: Is a big change underway in global capitalism?

Dec 21, 2016

Milwaukee-born short-seller Jim Chanos, founder and managing partner of New York-based Kynikos Associates, teaches University of Wisconsin and Yale business students about corporate fraud. During his life and career, he has witnessed seismic shifts in economic thinking and the relationship between labor and capital. Chanos shares his thoughts on the world emerging from the election of Donald Trump and the tumultuous political events of 2016. 

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A New Tool For Teaching Pluralist Economics

Dec 20, 2016

Students in Europe have created an important resource for those seeking alternative curricular materials