Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Can Markets Corrode Relationships?
Kristen Ghodsee discusses her research on how love and relationships function under socialism and capitalism, and what economists miss about the rise of right-wing populism in Eastern Europe
Why We Need Diversity and Pluralism in Economics, Part I
INET talks to Alicia B谩rcena Ibarra, Claudia Goldin, and Maria Cristina Marcuzzo
Economic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System
US counties with prison labor often have lower wage and employment growth
Science and Subterfuge in Economics
John Kenneth Galbraith noted in 1973 that establishment economics had become the 鈥渋nvaluable ally of those whose exercise of power depends on an acquiescent public.鈥� If anything, economists鈥� embrace of that role has grown stronger since then.
How Imperfect Knowledge Shapes Financial Markets
Asset markets are indispensable in harnessing society鈥檚 diverse views and insights about future business performance. But those views are shaped as much by emotion and crowd mentality as by rational expectations.
A Reply to Michael Grubb鈥檚 Growth-Decarbonization Optimism from Semieniuk et al
Hope for mitigating climate catastrophe may not be lost, but the scale of political change needed is no cause for optimism
Conditional Optimism: Economic Perspectives on Deep Decarbonization
A response to economists who doubt our capacity to decarbonize while maintaining robust growth
Big Money鈥擭ot Political Tribalism鈥擠rives US Elections
Conventional wisdom asserts that American politics is becoming more and more tribal. But the chiefs of the tribes share a lot in common: dependence on big money.
Economic Distress Did Drive Trump鈥檚 Win
Contrary to the dominant media narrative, social issues like racism and sexism on their own can鈥檛 explain Trump鈥檚 success.
The Rise of the Radical Right in Scandinavia
After Sweden鈥檚 elections, a look at how immigration and economics explain a political puzzle