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

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Secular stagnation, bubbles and the legacy of the contraceptive pill

Oct 28, 2016

Oral contraception created a population that, today, is disproportionately inclined to save, resulting in low to negative real interest rates. Excess eurozone savings can only be accomodated by raising sovereign debt levels

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Here’s What Economists Don’t Understand About Race

Oct 18, 2016

William Darity, Jr. has a new key to unlocking the mystery of inequality: stratification economics.