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

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The Efficiency of Markets

Sep 30, 2015

A student of microeconomics learns that any competitive equilibrium leads to a Pareto efficient outcome (First Fundamental Theorem of Welfare Economics). What do we mean by the efficiency or inefficiency of markets?

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Feminist Economists Challenge Austerity That Harms Women

Aug 24, 2015

Economist Alicia Girón explains why a feminist perspective is crucial to new economic thinking.