Articles

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

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The Efficiency of Markets

By Raphaële Chappe and Sanjay Reddy

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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The Fairness of Markets

By Raphaële Chappe and Sanjay Reddy

Sep 28, 2015

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Jim Chanos on China: The Emperor is In His Underwear

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 28, 2015

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Mathematics, Models and Reality in Microeconomics

By Raphaële Chappe and Sanjay Reddy

Sep 23, 2015

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Jim Chanos on What Lies Ahead for Greece

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 18, 2015

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Max Roser collaborates with Hans Rosling on BBC Documentary

By Eric Beinhocker

Sep 16, 2015

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Travelling Knowledge and Tools

By Pedro G. Duarte

Sep 15, 2015

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Why Carried Interest is Suddenly the Inequality Flashpoint

By Lynn Parramore

Sep 11, 2015

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Why You Shouldn’t Fear China’s Devaluation

By Hao Zhou

Sep 1, 2015

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Feminist Economists Challenge Austerity That Harms Women

By Lynn Parramore

Aug 24, 2015

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

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Joseph Stiglitz: “Deep-seatedly wrong” economic thinking is killing Greece

By Lynn Parramore

Aug 19, 2015

The latest austerity deal is terrible for Greece and Europe.

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Is it Just a Greek Problem?

By Graciela Kaminsky

Aug 13, 2015

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Is Financial Success a Product of Inherited Genes?

Aug 9, 2015

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Economics in the Rear-View Mirror

By Irwin Collier

Aug 6, 2015

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Greece, Goldman Sachs, and the Dark Side of International Finance

By Lynn Parramore

Jul 28, 2015