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

The Global Impact of Brexit Uncertainty
Brexit uncertainty has already taken an economic toll
The Stormy Birth of 鈥淓urope鈥

Why Did Isaac Newton Lose His Shirt in Financial Speculation? Author Alex Pollock Explains.
Trying to predict the financial future is a fool鈥檚 errand, even for a genius

Not So Modern Monetary Theory
Policy hype but vintage fiscal economics from Godley, Lerner, and Keynes
Kalecki, Minsky, and 鈥淥ld Keynesianism鈥 Vs. 鈥淣ew Keynesianism鈥 on the Effect of Monetary Policy



Keeping the Oil in the Soil
The central goal of any serious climate policy is to keep fossil fuels in the ground. The central question is how.

Antitrust and the Consumer Welfare Standard
The Chicago School has long used bankrupt assumptions to strangle antitrust policy
Capitalism鈥檚 Great Reckoning

Place-Based Economic Conditions and the Geography of the Opioid Overdose Crisis
There is not one opioid crisis in America—there are many. And supply-focused measures won鈥檛 stop them.

What Lehman Brothers Tells Us 51黑料爆料网历史事件 American Capitalism
Ben Power, who adapted the play 鈥淭he Lehman Trilogy,鈥 talks about the eponymous family鈥檚 role in the creation and destruction of American wealth
Socialism in Our Time?

Macroeconomic Stimulus 脿 la MMT
Modern Monetary Theory is problematic. Launching large scale fiscal programs that rely on it would be skating on thin ice.