Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Vera Songwe: “Let’s build forward better!”
In this interview, Dr. Vera Songwe, economist and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa reflects on the ways that African governments have handled COVID-19, the role of the Continental Free Trade Agreement in turbo-charging future growth, the vital role of infrastructural investment and mobilising domestic resources for building forward better and greener.
Final Comments on Lance Taylor’s “On the ‘Global Savings Glut”
The third and final round of response from Andrew Smithers on Lance Taylor’s INET working paper on the alleged “global savings glut.”
Edward Brown: “Growth with ‘DEPTH’ should guide economic transformation in Africa”
In this interview, Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin discuss with Edward K. Brown, Senior Director, Research and Advisory services at the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) based in Accra, Ghana, on the effects of COVID-19 on regional integration and economic transformation in Africa, and the role of ACET and African think tanks in advising African governments respond to the crisis.
How Bankers Hide Losses
The Master and the Prodigy
What Happens When a Noted Female Economist Fights Toxic Culture in the Field?
Claudia Sahm dares to call out systemic bullying and harassment that drives out talent and compromises science. Perpetrators are not happy.
US Tax Dollars Funded Every New Pharmaceutical in the Last Decade
Amid debates over costs—and profits—from a coronavirus vaccine, a new study shows that taxpayers have been footing the bill for every new drug approved between 2010 and 2019
Why Do Economists Have Trouble Understanding Racialized Inequalities?
Mainstream economics ignores historical and structural factors by design
Is Silicon Valley Nudging Us Towards an Authoritarian Future?
Margaret Heffernan’s new book “Uncharted” warns against giving up the power to shape our destiny to gurus and gadgets promising false certainty.
The COVID-19 Bailout and its Financing Dilemmas
The speed and duration of COVID-19 economic recovery will depend on how the government will finance emergency programs.
Takyiwaa Manuh: Governments need to focus more on the gendered impacts of COVID-19
In this conversation with Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin, Pr Takyiwaa Manuh analyses how the pandemic has disproportionately affected women at different levels especially in Ghana, and describes why governments need to focus more strongly on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in both their sanitary and economic response.
Why a V-Shaped Recession Is a Pipe Dream
Regardless of what Trump says, the economic pain of the pandemic isn’t going anywhere