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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
Merger Tests in Practice: A Critical Analysis
Current tests for mergers are in practice deeply flawed.
Private Equity is Out of Control and Looting America. This Prosecutor Says We Can Fix It.
In his new book, 鈥�,鈥� Brendan Ballou, a federal prosecutor who served as Special Counsel for Private Equity in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, outlines the dangers of a trillion-dollar industry that hardly anyone understands. He explains how Americans can fight their harmful practices.
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Anatomy of a Banking Crisis
How to Stop Bank Runs and Get Taxpayers Off the Hook
A federal government guarantee or 100% reserve banking? Which is better?
People鈥檚 Deposits Are Safe From Bank Failures But Not From the Economic Fallout
Bank failures don’t threaten most deposits, but they do threaten jobs
Now Is the Time for More Ambition From Multilateral Development Banks and Their Shareholders
SVB RIP: A Look Backward
Ayn Rand vs. Elinor Ostrom: The Fight for the Future of Social Media
The contrasting ideologies at play in this tech sector mirror the conflicting ideologies in economics
Victoria Chick (1936-2023)
Luigi Pasinetti (1930-2023)
The Post-Covid Global Economy: Could Negative Supply Shocks Disrupt Other Fragile Systems?
Possible repercussions of economic crisis on the stability of democracies that already show significant signs of fragility
How the Crypto Hustle Carries on America鈥檚 Shameful History of Racial Inequality
Cryptocurrency was supposed to change the economic outlook for Black America. For many, it made things worse.
Why Economists Should Support Populist Antitrust Goals
Despite the accumulation of serious and unsolvable problems, the Consumer Welfare Standard survives and continues to be taught to students for reasons unrelated to theoretical consistency and empirical confirmation.