Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Libertarians and the Vaccine: Give Me Liberty and Give Them Death
If libertarians wish to maintain their self-centered fixation on their own freedoms without considering others, let them do so — in indefinite quarantine from the rest of us.
The Economic Mechanism Behind the Populist Backlash to Globalization
The increase in populism that import competition causes has its roots in import competition’s adverse effects on local labor markets
How Intel Financialized and Lost Leadership in Semiconductor Fabrication
Stock buybacks come at the cost of technological innovation
How Greedy Corporations Turn the Black American Dream into a Nightmare
The plight of white blue-collar workers is well-known, but Blacks in that category were feeling the squeeze long before their white counterparts.
Slack in the Economy, Not Inflation, Should Be Bigger Worry
Despite fear-mongering about the latest Consumer Price Index, unemployment remains elevated and stimulus is needed to prevent a collapse in demand
Long-Term Unemployment Is Reversible
Contrary to the New Keynesian paradigm, long-term unemployment can be reversed without a significant uptick in inflation
Covid Is Hitting Workers Differently Than the 2008 Financial Crisis
Unlike the Great Recession, the pandemic has hit women workers harder than men, and disproportionately hurt the job prospects of lower education workers.
Austerity Raises Covid Deaths
New CDC Guidelines to Reopen Schools Could be Dangerous
School re-opening push based on outdated science is poorly timed in face of coronavirus resurgence
The Economics of the 2021 American Rescue Plan
How to Get Relief to Those Who Need It. Gosia Glinska in Conversation with Anton Korinek
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, OBE, Freetown City Council, Sierra Leone
“We’re building a data system, because you can’t really manage a city if you don’t know who’s there and what’s in it.”