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

The American Rescue Act: Do Whatever It Takes
The economy is likely to be crippled for months and fiscal rescue on a large scale, once again, is very much necessary.

Antitrust Spring
After years of amassing power, the tide is turning against the tech monopolies

Carl Manlan: African Philanthropy Has Mobilized Effectively During COVID19
In this interview, Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin speak with Carl Manlan, the Chief Operating Officer of the Ecobank Foundation - responsible for Ecobank’s social impact engagement with the communities in which the bank operates in Africa – on the role of African philanthropy and corporate social responsibility in the response to COVID-19 on the continent.

How Biden Can Protect Workers on Day 1
By fully utilizing the power of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), President Biden could take meaningful steps to keep workers safe during the pandemic, even without Congress’s help

James M. Buchanan, Segregation, and Virginia’s Massive Resistance
When segregationists fought against school integration, libertarian economist James Buchanan saw an opportunity for his private education plan

Janeway on Ramsey and Keynes: A Comment
Lance Taylor responds to William Janeway’s essay on John Maynard Keynes and Frank Ramsey. Janeway then offers his response.

Final Response to Andrew Smithers
Lance Taylor and Özlem Ömer respond to Andrew Smithers’s final comment on their working paper
How Bankers Hide Losses
The Master and the Prodigy

How NAFTA Lost Democrats the South
For thirty years after the Civil Rights Act, a sizable share of white Southerners still voted Democrat. That changed when the party embraced trade deals that hurt American workers.

America’s Dire Inequality Demands a New Conceptual Framework. This Economist Has One.
In a new book from Cambridge University Press, Lance Taylor reveals that wage repression — far more than monopoly power, offshoring or technological change — is driving rising inequality.
Comment on Lance Taylor’s “’Savings Glut’ Fables and International Trade Theory: An Autopsy”
Reply to Andrew Smithers

Why International Financial Regulation Still Falls Short
Despite post-2008 regulations, the boom-bust credit cycle continues to run wild