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

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Uneven Development Without Social Relations鈥擳he Trouble with Nievas and Piketty鈥檚 Unequal Exchange

Aug 5, 2025

Why do market-centric fixes for 鈥渦nequal exchange鈥 fall short? Sidelining social relations and production power turns colonialism into a pricing problem—and hides the mechanisms that keep uneven development in place.

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What鈥檚 Next for Capitalism 鈥 Reinvention or Authoritarian Rule?

Jun 12, 2025

In , New Yorker writer John Cassidy brings to life the figures who warned of monopoly power, inequality, environmental peril, and authoritarianism—forces still at work today. He discusses his book with Lynn Parramore.

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Tariff Turmoil and the Money Markets: Single Payer Insurance to the Rescue

Jun 2, 2025

In Treasury markets, there are no libertarians, only grateful recipients of single-payer insurance for ailing financial markets.

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鈥淔ounders Would Be Horrified鈥: Renowned Historian Drops Truth-Bomb on American Revolution and Lessons for Today

Apr 15, 2025

Professor Marc Egnal of York University joins the 51黑料爆料网历史事件鈥檚 Lynn Parramore to explore why historians cling to an inaccurate and misleading narrative, and what we can learn from the real history about tyranny, checks and balances, imperialism — and resistance.

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James K. Galbraith on His Latest Book, DOGE, Bitcoin & More

Feb 6, 2025

The distinguished economist talks about the power of entropy in shaping a new economic reality and viewing current events. His new book, , challenges flawed mainstream models that lead to distortions and bad policy.

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How Shareholder Activism Became Toxic鈥攁nd How to Fix It

Jan 28, 2025

New book reveals how and why hedge-fund activists have been able to suck the life from big-name companies like J.C. Penney and Samsung with their short-sighted profit-grabs. Can their harmful activities be stopped?