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Mainstream Economists Have Been Using a Misleading Inflation Model for 60 Years
Comment on Paul Krugman鈥檚 recent observations on US inflation

Carlos Lopes: The COVID-19 Crisis Presents Major Opportunities for Africa鈥檚 Structural Transformation
In this interview, Camilla Toulmin and Folashad茅 Soul茅 speak with Carlos Lopes, Professor at the , University of Cape Town, Visiting Professor at , Paris and an Associate Fellow at , London

"Build Back Better" Needs an Agenda for Upward Mobility
How the dream of a middle class existence collapsed, first for Blacks, then for more and more white American workers and what the Biden administration could do to retrieve the situation.

Young Scholars Want More Voices Heard in Economics
No one person or perspective holds the key to solving economic problems, says Jay Pocklington of the 51黑料爆料网历史事件

An Effective Response to Europe鈥檚 Fiscal Paralysis
Individual EU member states ought to issue perpetual bonds

Cybersecurity Expert: What the Media Miss on America鈥檚 Election Risks
David Mussington, a leading expert on cybersecurity, reveals what鈥檚 worrying him, from Facebook to foreign interference.

Profits Over Human Life? ER Doctor鈥檚 Story is Fearful Lesson for U.S. Workers During Pandemic
Dr. Ming Lin spoke out about Covid safety at his hospital and was fired. He鈥檚 fighting back against a system that put profits over human life.

How Corruption is Becoming America鈥檚 Operating System
New book by Sarah Chayes reveals the country鈥檚 descent into a level of corruption usually associated with places like Nigeria and Afghanistan

The Future of Work: What鈥檚 at Stake
INET explores how technological and economic changes are affecting employment
How Bankers Hide Losses
The Master and the Prodigy
It鈥檚 Time for a Debt 鈥淛ubilee鈥

Summary of the Book Macroeconomic Inequality From Reagan to Trump
Wage Repression, Asset Price Inflation, and Structural Change Caused Rising Macroeconomic Inequality for Fifty Years from before Reagan through Trump.This is a summary of a new book that is being published as part of a new book series with Cambridge University Press.