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

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America Hasn’t Reckoned with the Coup That Blasted the Black Middle Class

Apr 29, 2021

In 1898, upwardly mobile Blacks in Wilmington, NC were terrorized and slaughtered in a violent insurrection that set the stage for Jim Crow – and the next 123 years. Hardly anyone really knows about it.

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Austerity Raises Covid Deaths

Mar 26, 2021

Mortality and economic data show how constraints to government spending and a skepticism of redistributive policies have made the pandemic far worse

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To Fight Climate Change, Save Energy and Reduce Inequality

Feb 22, 2021

The IPCC was correct in emphasizing the need for early mitigation, but their analysis of possible growth trajectories appears to be faulty.