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

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The rise of economics as engineering I : setting the scene

Apr 23, 2013

The rise of the economist as engineer is, economists and historians say, an essential characteristic of the development of economics in the postwar period.

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Keynesianism, neoliberalism and the 'Dissemination' of Economic Ideas: That's the Way of the World.

Apr 15, 2013

It is often argued that in recent years the question of the ‘dissemination’ of economic knowledge has been increasingly addressed by historians of economics.

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Why Raising the Minimum Wage Makes Economic Sense

Apr 13, 2013

A minimum wage is a small minnow in an ocean of deficient aggregate demand