Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
How Inflation Reduction Became Export Promotion
Thomas Ferguson’s commentary for an INET symposium on the Inflation Reduction Act
Does Nature Have Rights?
America, Land of the Dying? Alarming Study Shows U.S. Killing Its Own Population
Researchers find that the nation had become an outlier among other rich countries in mortality rates long before the pandemic – and that Americans are dying younger than their peers abroad.
How Public Real Estate Investment Trusts Extract Wealth from Nursing Homes and Hospitals
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are considered “passive” investors and are exempt from corporate tax. But in reality, they play a very active role in reshaping whole industries, like healthcare.
What Does Capitalism Repress? A Jungian Perspective.
Billions living in insecurity and injustice is hardly a rational system.
A Playlist That Conjures the Ferocity and Flair of Detroit
How can we develop a deeper, more human and multifaceted understanding of the past?
Abortion Drugs Fundamental to Ancient Economies, Argues Historian
As women’s rights to make reproductive choices come under assault, historian John M. Riddle argues that abortion has been far more essential to human history than you might imagine.
What Really Drives Long-Term Interest Rates?
Contrary to the neoclassical loanable funds theory, historical bond yields show Keynes was right that “convictions” anchor long-term interest rates
On the Origins of Economic Cycles (and the Appeal of Keeping Models Simple)
An alternative to Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models
At What Point Does a Billionaire’s Greed Hurt the Rest of Us?
The social cost of America’s economic royalty
African Americans in Tech: What the EEO-1 Numbers Reveal
EEO-1 employment data document the vast over-representation of Asian Americans and vast under-representation of African Americans at tech companies in recent years. How did this happen?