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

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.
The Fed Tackles Kalecki

The World Trade Organization After the 12th Ministerial Conference
New mandates must beget new organizing

What Does Capitalism Repress? A Jungian Perspective.
Billions living in insecurity and injustice is hardly a rational system.

The Dollar System in a Multi-Polar World
The multipolar financial world is here. The United States can survive it – but only with major political and economic changes at home. It’s time to start thinking about what those need to be.

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.

Lecture: Making India a Prosperous and Happy Nation at 100
Distinguished Public Lecture on “Making India a Prosperous and Happy Nation @100”, by Dr. Ajay Chhibber, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economic Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University on Tuesday, 22 March 2022.

On the Origins of Economic Cycles (and the Appeal of Keeping Models Simple)
An alternative to Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models

The Impact of Campaign Finance on Congressional Voting: A Machine Learning Approach
Legislators who vote together get paid together

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?

Automotive Value Chains in a Brave New World
The pandemic and electrification are shaking the foundations of the auto industry