419 Results for “inflation”

The current paper returns to the key questions of wages and incomes and how wealth effects cripple reliance on interest rates to control inflation.

How have the macroeconomic problems in the US blinded many participants and observers to the actual state of the American economy as the election approaches?

In a political system whose primary currency is not the vote but the dollar, McConnell’s role as leader has plainly been well-earned.

The American state has lost the capacity for concentrated and decisive effort at the forefront of technology and the associated science.

Peter Coy, in an OpEd for the New York Times, cited Servaas Storm’s INET working paper criticizing Bernanke and Blanchard’s inflation explanation.

How convincing is the model analysis by Bernanke and Blanchard? How empirically relevant are their mechanisms causing inflation – and how robust and plausible are their econometric findings?

Bernanke and Blanchard have made another failed attempt to salvage establishment macroeconomics after the massive onslaught of adverse inflationary circumstances with which it could evidently not contend.

Behind bogus promises of job creation and economic growth lies a dangerous agenda to shred social safety nets.

Do temporary economic shocks like the COVID-19 recession create lasting effects on the economy?

Industry lobbyists vehemently oppose Medicare drug price negotiations. However, physician-scientist Fred Ledley and economist William Lazonick debunk their arguments.

The “maximum fair price” for a drug must not only be equitable to those with unmet medical needs who may benefit from the use of the drug but also provide equitable returns on both public and private sector investments.

The empirical analysis of public sector investments and the health value created by the drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations provides a cost basis for the assessment of the maximum fair price.

Connecticut is the first state to fund and enact a baby bonds program, inspiring more states to create their own plans. Can it make a difference?

The media coverage of the INET team’s February 2024 visit to India. Prof. Michael Spence, Chair of the Commission on Global Economic Transformation (CGET), along with INET Governing Board Chair Dr. Rohinton Medhora, and INET President Dr. Rob Johnson, took part in this visit.

It was a mistake to accept a ‘reference price’-determination process for basic commodities led by finance