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Everyone at INET is saddened by the news that our colleague Lance Taylor passed away on Monday, August 15th, 2022. His loss leaves a giant hole in our hearts as well as in the field of economics. His talents and achievements were prodigious and we will miss his cheerful and inspiring presence. Words help little on such occasions, but we would like to extend our condolences to his wife Yvonne, and his children Signe and Ian.

Researchers find that the nation had become an outlier among other rich countries in mortality rates long before the pandemic – and that Americans are dying younger than their peers abroad.

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are considered “passive” investors and are exempt from corporate tax. But in reality, they play a very active role in reshaping whole industries, like healthcare.

Author and law professor Maurice Stucke warns that as fundamental privacy rights vanish, your personal data can and will be used against you.

Central banks can encourage climate-friendly investments by offering financial institutions favorable haircuts on green collateral

Stagnating real wages may have contributed to the slowdown of US productivity

Ratner and Sim’s “Who Killed the Phillips Curve – A Murder Mystery”

Pari passu clauses were deliberately crafted to gain an upper hand in sovereign bankruptcy disputes brought to the London stock exchange’s jurisdiction

The depth of the U.S. securities market helps ensure dollar hegemony

James K. Galbraith responds on the U.S. dollar system

New mandates must beget new organizing

Billions living in insecurity and injustice is hardly a rational system.

How can we develop a deeper, more human and multifaceted understanding of the past?

An analysis of gun lobby contributions to Republicans and Democrats

Besides the crucial COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, far more is at stake at this ministerial than is generally known.