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

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How Dairy Monopolies Keep Milk Off the Shelves

Aug 19, 2020

Consolidation in the dairy industry has created separate, inflexible supply chains for consumers and commercial markets. When COVID killed commercial demand, perfectly good milk and cheese was wasted.

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“Savings Glut” Fables and International Trade Theory: An Autopsy

Aug 11, 2020

A “global saving glut” was invented by Ben Bernanke in 2005 as a label for positive net lending (imports exceeding exports) to the American economy by the rest of the world. However, there is a more plausible explanation for the persistent trade imbalance between the US and its major trading partners.