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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
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Piketty and thinking about economics
There is a new economics rock-star touring the US by all accounts, and his name is Thomas Piketty.
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German Court decision: Legal authority and deep power implications
Who wields supreme power over the ECB? This column analyses the recent ruling by the German Constitutional Court that the ECB cannot act as lender of last resort. Although seemingly couched by the referral of this decision to the European Court of Justice, this is a bid for power and the return to the pre-crisis paradigm of ‘ultra posse nemo obligatur’.
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Is Italy's New Government Just More of the Same?
A showdown has taken place within Italy’s governing coalition.