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Ever since 2016, INET researchers confirmed the significance of economic issues in Trump’s ascendency.

Many voters, feeling disillusioned, are searching in vain for narratives that resonate with their experiences.

The key role coal industrialists played in supporting and financing the eventual Nazi triumph

In his new book, Mindless, acclaimed economic historian Robert Skidelsky urges readers to pause and reflect on the delicate balance between advancing technology and our human essence.

The limitations of the benchmark E-DSGE framework and how these limitations restrict the ability of this framework to meaningfully capture the macroeconomics of the climate crisis.

As artificial intelligence reshapes our economy, policymakers must act swiftly to prevent a winner-take-all scenario in the rapidly evolving market for AI foundation models.

In a fresh release from INET’s book series with Cambridge University Press, renowned German economic historian Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich uncovers the startling truth behind German currency reform usually hailed as the foundation of the post-war German economic miracle: Ludwig Erhard, who cooperated with the Nazis, unjustly claimed the spotlight, overshadowing the real architect, Edward Tenenbaum.

The biggest factor in accounting for the strength in the economy is the continuing importance of the wealth effect in sustaining consumption by the affluent.

Medicare Needs a Perspective on “Collective and Cumulative Learning” in Inflation Reduction Act Negotiations

The financialization of U.S. firms making critical products endangers both American global leadership and, in Tesla’s case, climate change progress.

From the perspective of innovative enterprise, we ask how Musk might abuse his power of strategic control—and what that would mean for corporate governance reform.

A new book, The Hamilton Scheme, explores a very different founder than the one we’ve come to think we know.

By 1812 the U.S. already had more business corporations than any other country and possibly more than all other countries combined.

The IRA has the potential to rectify the imbalance between public benefit and private incentives

Patrick Gelsinger stepped down as INTEL’s CEO on December 1. We published an analysis last August that provides context for why this is significant for the company and the US economy.