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

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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

Nov 5, 2021

Economic journalist Martin Wolf’s address to the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University’s 20th anniversary conference, Economic Policy and Economic Theory for the Future

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Economist Betsey Stevenson: Dads Seeking Time With Kids Will Drive Workplace Change

Nov 5, 2021

In a trend that has surprised social scientists, fathers are seeking better work/life balance and rejecting their pre-pandemic status as secondary parents – a movement that’s good for moms, too.

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“We Are Running a Giant Experiment on Children”: Covid Deniers Put Kids at Risk

Aug 19, 2021

“Just learn to live with it” policies subject children to an experiment with a systemic disease that does serious and lasting damage, warns former NASA and DARPA technologist

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Why Did the Taliban Take Over Afghanistan So Fast?

Aug 18, 2021

The Taliban was strategic in its use of violence, exercising restraint to influence military assessments of their capabilities in order to encourage more rapid withdrawals.

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Top Economist: As Pandemic Recedes, a Chance to Rethink Unemployment

Jun 3, 2021

Canadian economist Mario Seccareccia, recipient of this year’s John Kenneth Galbraith Prize in Economics, says it’s time to reconsider the idea of full employment. He spoke to Lynn Parramore of the Institute for New Economic Thinking about why 2021 offers a rare opportunity to rebalance the economy in favor of Main Street.