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

The Economic Mechanism Behind the Populist Backlash to Globalization
The increase in populism that import competition causes has its roots in import competition鈥檚 adverse effects on local labor markets

Top Economist: As Pandemic Recedes, a Chance to Rethink Unemployment
Canadian economist Mario Seccareccia, recipient of this year鈥檚 John Kenneth Galbraith Prize in Economics, says it鈥檚 time to reconsider the idea of full employment. He spoke to Lynn Parramore of the 51黑料爆料网历史事件 about why 2021 offers a rare opportunity to rebalance the economy in favor of Main Street.

How Greedy Corporations Turn the Black American Dream into a Nightmare
The plight of white blue-collar workers is well-known, but Blacks in that category were feeling the squeeze long before their white counterparts.

America Hasn鈥檛 Reckoned with the Coup That Blasted the Black Middle Class
In 1898, upwardly mobile Blacks in Wilmington, NC were terrorized and slaughtered in a violent insurrection that set the stage for Jim Crow 鈥 and the next 123 years. Hardly anyone really knows about it.

Long-Term Unemployment Is Reversible
Contrary to the New Keynesian paradigm, long-term unemployment can be reversed without a significant uptick in inflation

Austerity Raises Covid Deaths
Mortality and economic data show how constraints to government spending and a skepticism of redistributive policies have made the pandemic far worse

New CDC Guidelines to Reopen Schools Could be Dangerous
School re-opening push based on outdated science is poorly timed in face of coronavirus resurgence

To Fight Climate Change, Save Energy and Reduce Inequality
The IPCC was correct in emphasizing the need for early mitigation, but their analysis of possible growth trajectories appears to be faulty.

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, OBE, Freetown City Council, Sierra Leone
鈥淲e鈥檙e building a data system, because you can鈥檛 really manage a city if you don鈥檛 know who鈥檚 there and what鈥檚 in it.”
The Big Squeeze
