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

Special Drawing Rights and Elasticity in the International Monetary System
How could the new SDR allocation help developing countries?

Beyond Price Caps: A Regulatory Framework for Pricing of Medicine Innovation
US regulators can step in to ensure drug pricing both supports patient access and drug development

Paper: Demography, Inclusive Growth and Youth Employment in Africa
The youth paradox is accentuated by the effects of Covid-19, while the concrete short- and medium-term prospects for young people remain unclear.


Should Central Bank Liquidity Provision Be a Vehicle for Fiscal Discipline?
By helping abate the liquidity crisis, incidences of banks becoming insolvent are reduced, and hence moral hazard in its severest form is minimized.

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

Halloween Is Over - Are Corporate Zombies Still Out There?
Swift reorganization or liquidation of insolvent businesses is the single best policy to deal with corporate debt booms.


Does America Want a CHIPS for Buybacks Act?
To strengthen the American semiconductor industry, Congress should condition additional funds on suspending stock buybacks

Why Did the Taliban Take Over Afghanistan So Fast?
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.