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

VP Biden Cites Lazonick in Critique of Stock Buybacks
Vice President warns that corporate stock buybacks restrict America’s long-term prosperity, citing the research of Institute grantee William Lazonick who has long argued the same
The Private Debt Crisis
Who Has Space for Renewables?

Guardian’s Wisconsin investigation points to big money’s systemic distortion of U.S. democracy
Newspaper’s probe amplifies questions raised by our research into the impact of corporate donations onU.S. elections

Do U.S. Economists Ignore Inequality?
Painting economics as blind to inequality may be overstating matters, but for too long efforts to explain it have been self limiting. Now, new economic thinkers are willing to pose uncomfortable questions.