Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
How Public Real Estate Investment Trusts Extract Wealth from Nursing Homes and Hospitals
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are considered 鈥減assive鈥� investors and are exempt from corporate tax. But in reality, they play a very active role in reshaping whole industries, like healthcare.
What Does Capitalism Repress? A Jungian Perspective.
Billions living in insecurity and injustice is hardly a rational system.
A Playlist That Conjures the Ferocity and Flair of Detroit
How can we develop a deeper, more human and multifaceted understanding of the past?
Abortion Drugs Fundamental to Ancient Economies, Argues Historian
As women鈥檚 rights to make reproductive choices come under assault, historian John M. Riddle argues that abortion has been far more essential to human history than you might imagine.
What Really Drives Long-Term Interest Rates?
Contrary to the neoclassical loanable funds theory, historical bond yields show Keynes was right that 鈥渃onvictions鈥� anchor long-term interest rates
On the Origins of Economic Cycles (and the Appeal of Keeping Models Simple)
An alternative to Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models
At What Point Does a Billionaire鈥檚 Greed Hurt the Rest of Us?
The social cost of America鈥檚 economic royalty
African Americans in Tech: What the EEO-1 Numbers Reveal
EEO-1 employment data document the vast over-representation of Asian Americans and vast under-representation of African Americans at tech companies in recent years. How did this happen?
Fateful Collision: NATO鈥檚 Drive to the East Versus Russia鈥檚 Sphere of Influence
How did this dire situation come about?