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

Trump and Wealth-Price Inflation: Still Running in the Background All the Time
Consumer demand by America鈥檚 most affluent citizens is driving consumer spending, and consumer spending, in turn, is the main force keeping inflation so high

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
An interview with Thomas Ferguson on the 2024 US election conducted by Andrew Yamakawa Elrod and Tim Barker for Phenomenal World
America at the End of Its Tether
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

Can We Avoid a Franken-Future with AI?
In his new book, , acclaimed economic historian Robert Skidelsky urges readers to pause and reflect on the delicate balance between advancing technology and our human essence.
What Is a 鈥淔air鈥 Drug Price?

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.

Forget the Posturing 鈥 The Inflation Reduction Act May Work Better Than Many Expected
The IRA has the potential to rectify the imbalance between public benefit and private incentives

Oil and the Energy Crisis of the 1970s: A Reanalysis
An excerpt from by David N. Gibbs, published by Columbia University Press (2024)

The Fed鈥檚 鈥淐hicken Run鈥: Why Sticking with High Rates Will Crash the Economy
In persisting with its high rates policy, the Fed is acting like James Dean in the famous 鈥渃hicken run鈥 auto race in Rebel Without a Cause.

Industrial Policy Is a Good Idea, but So Far We Don鈥檛 Have One
The American state has lost the capacity for concentrated and decisive effort at the forefront of technology and the associated science.