Articles
Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
How Dairy Monopolies Keep Milk Off the Shelves
Consolidation in the dairy industry has created separate, inflexible supply chains for consumers and commercial markets. When COVID killed commercial demand, perfectly good milk and cheese was wasted.
Are American Colleges and Universities the Next Covid Casualties?
Colleges and universities need to be saved, not only from financial ruin, but also, all too often, from themselves.
OSHA in the 21st Century: Real Protection for America鈥檚 Workers
The Occupational Safety Health Administration was created 50 years ago. Today, it’s in dire straits, say OSHA’s leaders during the Obama administration
Elaine Brown, Who Led Black Panthers, Sizes Up America鈥檚 Racial Reckoning
The activist and author shares a free-ranging conversation with INET president Rob Johnson.
How America鈥檚 Economy Runs on Racism
Economist Darrick Hamilton explains that pursuit of profit, not hatred of black people, is the real root of discrimination.
Benno Ndulu: The pandemic has laid bare the pivotal roles of both the informal sector and SMEs
An interview with Pr Benno Ndulu, the former Governor of the Bank of Tanzania, for INET’s series on COVID-19 and Africa
Corona Crisis and Eurobonds
The Economics and Politics of Social Democracy: A Reconsideration
To able to deal with these consequences, our crisis response now should not lock us in into a permanent state of austerity, greater inequality and heightened vulnerability to future health calamities. New-old social democratic solutions are needed more than ever before.
The Wealth Effects of Bailouts: A Quantitative Assessment
Once again, income earned by the many is used to save the wealth of the few.
The Eurozone in Crisis
Patents vs. the Pandemic
The Political Economy of the French Pension System Reform(s)
Just before the crisis, European countries were designing austerity reforms that would increase inequality and reduce internal demand. Could they return?