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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

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Trust and Finance

Oct 24, 2013

Finance is built on trust. It is based on promises about tomorrow, often paper promises backed by nothing other than words on a page. When trust in those promises breaks down, so too does the financial system. That is the lesson of thousands of years of history.

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The World Needs Eurobonds Now More Than Ever

Oct 23, 2013

The United States government openly flirting with a default on its debt is, to the financial system, like a Pope wondering out loud about the existence of God.