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

The Bureau of Labor Statistics Counted Only Eight Strikes in 2020, Payday Report Counted 1,200
In the era of COVID and digital movements, strikes look radically different from traditional labor strikes

What Bagehot Means for 21st Century Central Bankers
Is Victorian writer Walter Bagehot, whose adage “lending freely against good collateral at a penalty rate” has been gospel for central bankers, still relevant in a post-Great Financial Crisis world?

Top Economist: As Pandemic Recedes, a Chance to Rethink Unemployment
Canadian economist Mario Seccareccia, recipient of this year’s John Kenneth Galbraith Prize in Economics, says it’s time to reconsider the idea of full employment. He spoke to Lynn Parramore of the Institute for New Economic Thinking about why 2021 offers a rare opportunity to rebalance the economy in favor of Main Street.

What Earnings Calls Tell Us About Financial Risk
Analyzing corporate conference calls reveals the way that countries perceive and spread risk through the global financial system

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

Chicago School Economists Got it Wrong. Strong Antitrust Policy Boosts the Economy.
History shows robust antitrust enforcement helps promote a prosperous, fair, and balanced economy. Antitrust expert Mark Glick explains how the U.S. went astray during the 1980s, and how to get back on track.

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

Housing and the American Dream: Is A House Still a Home?
Single-family home-ownership—elusive for many today—is an aspiration we ought to abandon

To Fight Climate Change, Save Energy and Reduce Inequality
The IPCC was correct in emphasizing the need for early mitigation, but their analysis of possible growth trajectories appears to be faulty.
The Big Squeeze

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa
“Equitable COVID19 vaccine distribution is a very important issue of global solidarity”