Macroeconomics
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The COVID-19 Bailout and its Financing Dilemmas
Jun 30, 2020
The speed and duration of COVID-19 economic recovery will depend on how the government will finance emergency programs.
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Profits from Job Losses Will Finance Government Borrowing for COVID-19 Bailouts
Jun 18, 2020
COVID has meant unemployment for the many and a corporate profit-fueled windfall for the few.
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What is Work?
Jun 10, 2020
What counts as work and what doesn’t?
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Corona Crisis and Eurobonds
May 26, 2020
The Calamity of Germany’s Distorted Perception of Italy
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Chile’s Outburst of Discontent
May 6, 2020
How the fear-of-the-new transformed a “miracle” into an aborted attempt at catching-up
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The Eurozone in Crisis
May 4, 2020
A Report From the Front Line
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Europe and the Need for Multilateralism
Apr 14, 2020
A call to action for a world economy in crisis
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Research & Policy Workshops
IMPORTANT: Due to growing concerns around the coronavirus, the INET Conference, as well as these workshops will be postponed.
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WorkshopApr 13–15, 2020
IMPORTANT: Due to growing concerns around the coronavirus, the INET Conference, as well as these workshops will be postponed. Applicants will soon be provided further information.
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In Italy and Elsewhere, Expansionary Public Spending is Key to Recovery from Covid-19
Apr 7, 2020
Austerity policies will slow recovery and should be rejected
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CARES Will Care for Wall Street and Big Business, for Macroeconomic Balance Maybe Not So Much
Apr 6, 2020
Much historical commentary emphasizes how pandemics restructure long-standing social and political arrangements. The observation applies to macroeconomics as well.
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The EU’s Green Deal: Bismarck’s ‘What Is Possible’ versus Thunberg’s ‘What Is Imperative’ in the Age of Covid-19
Apr 1, 2020
What ails the EU Green Deal is exactly what troubles the Union in general — an absence of social democracy at work
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The COVID-19 Recession: Unprecedented Collapse and the Need for Macro Policy
Mar 26, 2020
Effective and quick federal policy response is critical to create conditions for a quick recovery.
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Covid-19 Hits the Dual Economy
Mar 26, 2020
Incomes Destroyed at the Bottom, Profits Supported at the Top
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Coronavirus Means Zero Hour for the European Union
Mar 16, 2020
If the European Central Bank does not jump to the aid of peripheral countries weakened by the pandemic, the Eurozone could collapse.
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A Money View of Keynes, Keynesians, and Post-Keynesians
Feb 4, 2020
The central bank today is not just the government’s bank, but also a bankers’ bank, a truly hybrid institution