Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Electricity Markets, Climate Change, and the European Energy Crisis
Price inflation, marginal cost pricing, and principles for electricity market redesign in an era of low-carbon transition
Does Nature Have Rights?
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 Happens when Big Brother Meets Big Tech
Author and law professor Maurice Stucke warns that as fundamental privacy rights vanish, your personal data can and will be used against you.
A Playlist That Conjures the Ferocity and Flair of Detroit
How can we develop a deeper, more human and multifaceted understanding of the past?
Gun Money Predicts Congressional Voting Better Than Party Alone
An analysis of gun lobby contributions to Republicans and Democrats
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
How Economics Found Science …and Lost its Subject Matter
Re-evaluating the “equality-efficiency” trade-off
At What Point Does a Billionaire’s Greed Hurt the Rest of Us?
The social cost of America’s economic royalty
Our Economic System is Making Us Mentally Ill
The neoliberal economy was supposed to bring about a utopian world order. Instead, it gave us crippling psychological stress and social breakdown. How can we ever recover?
