Articles

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

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We Stopped Pfizer’s Tax Dodge, Now Let’s End the Buybacks

By William Lazonick

Apr 8, 2016

Industrial journalist Ken Jacobson and economist William Lazonick (both of the Academic-Industry Research Network), call for an end to stock market manipulation through buybacks.

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In EU budget debates, ‘technocratic’ veil hides political choices

Apr 8, 2016

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Three Questions with John Eric Humphries

By James Heckman

Apr 7, 2016

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Panama: Cheating “Epidemic” Crowds Out Honest Business, Implicates Banks

By Lynn Parramore

Apr 6, 2016

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The Panama Papers: A Tropical Tip of the Hidden Wealth Iceberg

Apr 5, 2016

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What Happens When America’s Kids Confront Extreme Inequality?

By Lynn Parramore

Apr 5, 2016

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When Things Fall Apart

By Anatole Kaletsky

Apr 4, 2016

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​Blanchard, the NAIRU, and Economic Policy in the Eurozone

By Antonella Stirati

Mar 31, 2016

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A Wake-Up Call on Climate Change and Clean Energy

By Eric Beinhocker

Mar 30, 2016

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​Understanding the Great Recession

By Mario Seccareccia and Marc Lavoie

Mar 22, 2016

Some fundamental Keynesian and Post-Keynesian insights, with an analysis of possible mechanisms to achieve a sustained recovery.

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Refugees and The Economy: Lessons from History

Mar 16, 2016

What can we learn from the Vietnamese, Cuban, Rwandan, and Syrian refugees crisis?

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Liquidity Trap & Excessive Leverage

By Anton Korinek and Alp Simsek

Mar 11, 2016

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Marcello de Cecco (1939-2016)

By Thomas Ferguson

Mar 10, 2016

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New Report on Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Raises Serious Concerns about Corporate Misalignment

By john a. powell

Mar 9, 2016

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Different Models, Different Politics

By Gerald Friedman

Mar 9, 2016