Macroeconomics

A comment on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rule “Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization”

Business firms are not alone in making investments in the productive capabilities required to generate innovative goods and services. Household units and government agencies also make investments in productive capabilities upon which business firms rely for their own investment activities.

Economics Nobel Laureate Michael Spence discusses the profound changes that are rippling through the global economy as we emerge from the COVID recession, where economic growth will have to rely more on productivity gains instead of the incorporation of excess labor capacity and what this would mean for countries around the world.

An alternative to Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models

How could the new SDR allocation help developing countries?

How could the new SDR allocation help developing countries?

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The INET community mourns Harcourt’s passing

By helping abate the liquidity crisis, incidences of banks becoming insolvent are reduced, and hence moral hazard in its severest form is minimized.

By helping abate the liquidity crisis, incidences of banks becoming insolvent are reduced, and hence moral hazard in its severest form is minimized.

Economists Claudia Sahm, Servaas Storm, and Pia Malaney share their views on the problem that has everyone freaking out. Here’s what it all means for your pocketbook – and your democracy.

Governments and civil society organizations must work together with UNCTAD to provide developing countries the tools — and the transformed governance regimes — they need to “build back better” through these challenging and difficult times.

Swift reorganization or liquidation of insolvent businesses is the single best policy to deal with corporate debt booms.

Swift reorganization or liquidation of insolvent businesses is the single best policy to deal with corporate debt booms.

What does Biden’s economic policy mean for the future?