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

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Trade and Development Backstory: The Struggle Over the UNCTAD 15 Mandate

Nov 10, 2021

Governments and civil society organizations must work together with UNCTAD to provide developing countries the tools — and the transformed governance regimes — they need to “build back better” through these challenging and difficult times.

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Welcome to the Emergency Room. A Wall Street Honcho Will Decide Your Treatment.

Oct 12, 2021

Doctors and medical experts say private equity firms and profiteering corporations are putting American lives at risk and compromising the practice of medicine.

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Autos and the European Union: Another Crash?

Aug 30, 2021

In Europe, imbalances in the structure of the automotive and a lack of industrial policies risk creating a deadly cocktail for millions of European workers just as the auto sector is undergoing decisive changes.

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Could Modern Crises Stem from Problems in the Human Brain?

Jul 15, 2021

As a pandemic continues to expose weaknesses in our human systems and institutions, psychiatrist and author Iain McGilchrist’s proposition that a battle in our heads is impacting the direction of our future is worth revisiting.

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What Bagehot Means for 21st Century Central Bankers

Jun 8, 2021

Is Victorian writer Walter Bagehot, whose adage “lending freely against good collateral at a penalty rate” has been gospel for central bankers, still relevant in a post-Great Financial Crisis world?

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Restoring Public Good — Now and for the Future

May 5, 2021

Restoring faith in governance and public action is itself a public good that would prepare us for a whole myriad of challenges on the horizon