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

Europe鈥檚 Gas Roller Coaster
A new INET Working Paper by Yaroslav Melekh, James Dixon, Katrina Salmon, and Michael Grubb, interrogates the contradictions between fossil lock-in through LNG import capacity and overcontracting, and policy-driven demand reduction. Here is a summary of the paper’s main findings.
Trade in the Time of Trump

Leadership in the Senate: New Boss Same as the Old Boss?
To understand politics in America, follow the money. When we do, we find good cause to expect McConnell鈥檚 shadow to live long beyond his tenure.

鈥淎 Generational Loss of Talent鈥 - Scientist Warns Funding Cuts in Science, Tech, and Health Undermine U.S. Leadership
Phillip Alvelda, a scientist and entrepreneur with past roles at NASA and DARPA, sounds the alarm on cuts that threaten the innovative capacities that have made America a global powerhouse.

How to Reclaim America鈥檚 鈥楧emocracy鈥 From the Big Finance Oligarchy
Sociologist Michael A. McCarthy’s latest book shows how ordinary people can take back control of financial capitalism and make it work for them.

America鈥檚 Health Insurance Grinches: A Scathing Indictment of 鈥淢arket鈥 Economics
The country鈥檚 flawed insurance model, driven by greed, leads to inefficiency, inequality, and denied care - a colossal scam that has sparked fury across the nation.
Political Investments

America at the End of Its Tether
Many voters, feeling disillusioned, are searching in vain for narratives that resonate with their experiences.

The German Coal Industry and the Rise of Hitler: A Reassessment
The key role coal industrialists played in supporting and financing the eventual Nazi triumph
What Is a 鈥淔air鈥 Drug Price?

Alexander Hamilton鈥檚 Assault on Working People, Enslaved and Free
A new book, The Hamilton Scheme, explores a very different founder than the one we鈥檝e come to think we know.

The 鈥淔ortune 500鈥 of 1812
By 1812 the U.S. already had more business corporations than any other country and possibly more than all other countries combined.

After the European Elections: Fiscal Policy is the Elephant in the Room
The most crucial issue in European policy, and one on which no big party campaigned and no important public discussion took place, was the fiscal policy stance for the next few years.