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

Fateful Collision: NATO’s Drive to the East Versus Russia’s Sphere of Influence
How did this dire situation come about?

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


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

Jim Chanos: China’s “Leveraged Prosperity” Model is Doomed. And That’s Not the Worst.
Famed short-seller is even more concerned with political fallout from Evergrande than economic/financial woes.

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

Why the Rich Get Richer and Interest Rates Go Down
Going Down the Rabbit Hole at Jackson Hole
Productive Bubbles

The One-Earth Balance Sheet
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.

Reconstructing US-China Relations
The world-renowned development economist Jeffrey Sachs outlined a new framework for US-China relations in conversation with INET President Rob Johnson

The State Has Failed to Protect Black Wealth in Tulsa and Across America
Economist Darrick Hamilton, co-author of a new report on wealth across racial and ethnic groups in Tulsa, Oklahoma, explores the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre with the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s Lynn Parramore.