Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
What Lehman Brothers Tells Us About American Capitalism
Ben Power, who adapted the play “The Lehman Trilogy,” talks about the eponymous family’s role in the creation and destruction of American wealth
Socialism in Our Time?
Macroeconomic Stimulus à la MMT
Modern Monetary Theory is problematic. Launching large scale fiscal programs that rely on it would be skating on thin ice.
The Antitrust Case Against Facebook You Need to Know About
“Facebook is undermining our country, our democracy.”
Is MMT “America First” Economics?
Modern monetary theorists ignore how their policies could hurt developing countries
Technology: From Copycats to Innovators
Richard Vague looks at what it’ll take for the U.S. to win the R&D race
Do Real Estate Markets Make Our Cities Less Livable?
Author Samuel Stein talks about how capitalism shapes housing and what economists have in common with city planners
Fighting for Gender Equality in Economics Is Not Nearly Enough
The field of economics is aggressively sexist and biased against new and unconventional ideas. Revelations about gender and ethnic discrimination show the need to reorient the whole system toward more freedom, respect, openness, and pluralism. But how?
Millionaire-Driven Education Reform Has Failed. Here’s What Works.
Journalist Andrea Gabor’s new book heralds a “quiet revolution” in education you didn’t know was happening
The Natural Rate of Interest Is Anything But
Central bankers pursue a “neutral” rate that doesn’t exist
How We Can Avoid Climate Catastrophe
A new report shows an economically viable path to net-zero CO2 emissions in key industries by 2060