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

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Brexit: The Tectonic Plates

Jul 1, 2016

The Brexit referendum is nothing less than an earthquake. But when an earthquake happens, seismologists try to understand how and why the tectonic plates had been shifting, and the pressures that had been building to bring about the event. The causes underlying every earthquake are specific in how they come together, even if they are seen in different places.

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Global Money: A Work in Progress

Jun 12, 2016

A dollar-denominated global economy means the Fed is at once the bankers bank and government bank, as well as both U.S. central bank and global central bank — managing that hybrid is the challenge of our time

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Who's talking about getting fiscal?

Jun 10, 2016

What we’re reading: Recent statements from the IMF and the OECD highlight a growing call for new economic policy thinking in response to the specter of long-term stagnation