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

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African Americans in Tech: What the EEO-1 Numbers Reveal

Feb 22, 2022

EEO-1 employment data document the vast over-representation of Asian Americans and vast under-representation of African Americans at tech companies in recent years. How did this happen?

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Experts on Inflation: Prognosis, Political Fallout and Who’s Really to Blame

Nov 18, 2021

Economists Claudia Sahm, Servaas Storm, and Pia Malaney share their views on the problem that has everyone freaking out. Here’s what it all means for your pocketbook – and your democracy.

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Public Opinion on U.S. Trade Policy: Time to Ask Better Questions

Oct 19, 2021

Open-ended polling responses reveal considerably more complexity – and more ambivalence and negativity – in Americans’ views of international trade than has been inferred from widely cited closed questions

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Nanjala Nyabola: COVID-19 and Africa: Techno-solutions won’t save us from the problems we face

Sep 21, 2021

In this interview, Dr. Folashadé Soulé and Dr. Camilla Toulmin discuss with Nanjala Nyabola, a writer and researcher based in Nairobi, Kenya. Nanjala’s work focuses on the intersection between technology, media, and society. She is currently the Director of Advox, the digital rights programme at Global Voices. Nanjala has held numerous research associate positions including with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), and other institutions, while also working as a research lead for several projects on human rights broadly and digital rights specifically around the world.

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The One-Earth Balance Sheet

Jul 23, 2021

Getting the whole spectrum of governments, academia and civil society to track “natural capital” would help create shared efforts toward solving shared problems like the climate crisis.