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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Sécurité alimentaire en Afrique: « Nous apportons des réponses de court terme à des problèmes de moyen-long terme »
Quels sont les problèmes à long terme qui doivent être résolus et quelles sont les solutions disponibles?
Economist Offers Stark Climate Reality Check. Plus a Bit of Science-Based Hope.
In a new book, Alligators in the Arctic and How To Avoid Them, Peter Dorman shows how flawed academic models, faulty assumptions and unrealistic schemes grossly underestimate what’s needed to stop catastrophic warming. He argues for a straightforward carbon emission budget – plus the active citizenship required to fight big businesses that want to keep doing business as usual. Lynn Parramore explores his findings and talks to the economist about the path forward.
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): A Brief Assessment
Servaas Storm’s commentary for an INET symposium on the Inflation Reduction Act
Beware of Toxic Innovation
Does Nature Have Rights?
In Tribute to Lance Taylor (1940 - 2022)
Everyone at INET is saddened by the news that our colleague Lance Taylor passed away on Monday, August 15th, 2022. His loss leaves a giant hole in our hearts as well as in the field of economics. His talents and achievements were prodigious and we will miss his cheerful and inspiring presence. Words help little on such occasions, but we would like to extend our condolences to his wife Yvonne, and his children Signe and Ian.
America, Land of the Dying? Alarming Study Shows U.S. Killing Its Own Population
Researchers find that the nation had become an outlier among other rich countries in mortality rates long before the pandemic – and that Americans are dying younger than their peers abroad.
The Fed Tackles Kalecki
The World Trade Organization After the 12th Ministerial Conference
New mandates must beget new organizing
What Does Capitalism Repress? A Jungian Perspective.
Billions living in insecurity and injustice is hardly a rational system.
The Dollar System in a Multi-Polar World
The multipolar financial world is here. The United States can survive it – but only with major political and economic changes at home. It’s time to start thinking about what those need to be.
Abortion Drugs Fundamental to Ancient Economies, Argues Historian
As women’s rights to make reproductive choices come under assault, historian John M. Riddle argues that abortion has been far more essential to human history than you might imagine.
Lecture: Making India a Prosperous and Happy Nation at 100
Distinguished Public Lecture on “Making India a Prosperous and Happy Nation @100”, by Dr. Ajay Chhibber, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economic Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University on Tuesday, 22 March 2022.