Post-2008 reform was supposed to make the system safer. So why are regulators now easing capital rules for the largest banks? Pia Malaney looks at the quiet return of too big to fail. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Bloomberg features INET research by Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm, showing how wealth gains at the top have created a K-shaped economy www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Thomas Ferguson, quoted in Bloomberg on his research with Servaas Storm shows that surging asset prices have made top households “really, really, really rich” leaving the rest of us more vulnerable www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Is the wealth of the top 0.1% a personal problem or a systemic one? From Apple’s buybacks to Meta’s stock schemes, here’s a look at the structures that let executives profit while many stakeholders don’t. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Could California’s wealth tax be missing the real culprit? Instead of chasing individual fortunes, what if the focus shifted to the corporate structures that fuel extreme wealth?  www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Taxing Taylor Swift isn’t the solution to the billionaire dilemma —but curbing the corporate engines behind mega-rich fortunes might be. Let’s dive into buybacks, executive pay, and progressive governance that could reshape how wealth is created and shared. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Why do unproven medical technologies so often find their way into US health care? Cleary and Osipenko show how billing codes, reimbursement politics, and weak evidence standards can open the door. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

The system that got us into 2008 is still in place—and now it’s under more stress than ever.  Bergman and Feltes share w/ Lynn Parramore why another financial shock could hit sooner than anyone expects. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

From runaway military spending to stablecoins shaking up banks, authors Bill Bergman and Larry Feltes explain to Lynn Parramore why trust is collapsing in America, and why it matters to you. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

“Social media has become a failed state.” Pia Malaney reframes the debate away from speech and toward economics “profits are private, harm is socialized,” and Europe is trying to reprice the damage. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Health researcher Steven H. Woolf warns: "I'm not too sure the average person is really aware of this -- that the length of your life depends on what state you're in." Read convo w/ Lynn Parramore www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Concentrated wealth shortens American lives. Even for the rich. Health researcher Steven H. Woolf talks to Lynn Parramore

Americans are dying younger. And young Americans are dying. Researcher Steven H. Woolf explains why to Lynn Parramore www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Democratic elites chose donors over workers. Without an aggressive economic agenda they risk becoming the permanent minority party, warns Thomas Ferguson. @bostonreview.bsky.social  www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

Rogoff’s book tells the story of an establishment insider who learns to win by playing the outsider. What does that habit do to economic judgment?  www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Researcher Steven H. Woolf uncovers the hidden ways life in America is killing us sooner. Check out convo w/ Lynn Parramore. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Democratic Party = permanent minority party without something more than Obamacare tweaks, supply side tinkering, AI wonders, or abundance-by-deregulation. www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

In 1990, New York and Oklahoma had the same life expectancy. Now they’re wildly different. Why? Researcher Steven H. Woolf explains to Lynn Parramore www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

In 2016, Kevin Warsh joined Paul Volcker and other analysts for an INET session on "Closing the Gaps in Financial Regulation." Today's news highlights underscores the continuing importance of that theme. www.ineteconomics.org/events/finan...

Insider/outsider? Rogoff was at Harvard, in IMF circles, in the top journals... Yet here is a narrative that postures towards being an outsider arguing against the consensus it helped build. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

The real question isn’t whether crypto should have rules — it’s whose interests those rules serve. New INET research shows how political money powered crypto's hazardous phoenix-like resurrection www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Novogratz on the strong Democrat "commitment": “they realized it was really bad politics to be anti-crypto" INET’s latest Working Paper follows the political $$$ that powered this resurgence: www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Crypto was left for dead after FTX—then Washington brought it back. New research shows how political money powered its hazardous phoenix-like resurrection. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Venezuela is an extreme case of a global pattern: rising costs, insecure work, and AI and oil companies choosing profits over people. Lynn Parramore explores what happens to workers on the front lines of an affordability meltdown www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

William Hartung: “Whether you’re a hawk, a reformer, or a peacenik, the system doesn’t work.” Catch @LynnParramore’s interview with Hartung and Ben Freeman on their new book, Trillion Dollar War Machine. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Exploitation isn’t abstract—it’s measurable. 👉 youtu.be/0jJZV7NgCVg 👀 Jonathan Cogliano @umassbostonecon.bsky.social shows how inequality runs deeper than income or wealth.

Servaas Storm’s latest working paper argues that the heedless projections of AI’s exponential growth — which defy logic & ignore unforgiving real-world constraints — are creating an investment bubble that will be socially and financially costly when it bursts. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Ciccone's New INET working paper finds the new EU fiscal rules on Italy’s debt-to-GDP ratio may slow growth and undermine the sustainability of public debt. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Larry Summers’ retreat leaves America a roadmap for what economics shouldn’t be -- and what it COULD be. Lynn Parramore investigates www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

The International Conference on Digitalisation, Market, and Society organized by INET-YSI in collaboration with IISER Mohali and Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA, from December 2-4, 2025. Find more about the conference here: www.ineteconomics.org/events/inter...

We can feed every child and house every family. The problem isn’t production—it’s distribution. 👉 youtu.be/DDw2yHQ8Usc 👀 Sven Beckert explores the real story of capitalism and our modern economy in his new book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/541160...

EconOfWar.org just won silver in the Anthem Awards🎉 Our deepest thanks to all who voted, only together can we build an economics for a brighter future! anthemawards.com/winners/list/entry/#!education-art-culture/show-or-video/the-economics-of-war-and-peace/0/new-economic-thinking/623560

AI was supposed to widen the marketplace of ideas. Instead, a handful of platforms now decide how truth travels—and who gets heard. Stucke’s New INET working paper explains what happens when ‘data-opolies’ control both search and AI. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

“Volatility today is not a product of nature, but of design” Costantini & Muthayan show how decades of deregulation, speculation, & austerity built a food system that protects profits, not people & how recent G20 leaders are starting to redefine it www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Elon Musk is, once again, taking stock. Hopkins and Lazonick outline the golden paved road that brought us to yesterday’s record-shattering stock-based “compensation” package. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

For context. If the Titanic was made of SOLID GOLD, you could buy 13 with this wealth.

The longer the shutdown lasts, the shakier the economy’s foundation becomes. Private data is replacing official numbers. Lynn Parramore talks to experts. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Zohranomics: In expensive cities: affordability issues like housing, childcare, & utilities aren’t just numbers—they’re votes. Lynn Parramore breaks it down www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

“Data is history.” 👉 youtu.be/zkwMstdomhc 👀 Emma Rothschild @historyecon.bsky.social on Adam Smith, climate change, and the lost conversation between disciplines.

Time is running out! Tomorrow is the last day to vote for #EconOfWar in The Anthem Awards: 👉 wbby.co/EAWNP 🙏 Economics can either fuel conflict or pave the way to lasting peace, the choice is ours.

When they claim to tell you free trade is better policy, look again 👀 Glick & Lozada explain why that economists' arguments for free trade arguments slide past the crucial fact that these change income distribution www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

The Economics of War and Peace is an Anthem Awards finalist! Have you voted yet? wbby.co/EAWNP You haven't watched it?? Well, here's a nice post from @umassamherst.bsky.social to learn more: umass.edu/news/article/james-boyces-video-series-economics-war-and-peace-named-finalist-anthem-community

H1-B’s fee “an overdue admission that prices matter. If policymakers pair that acknowledgement w/pay standards, real mobility, backlog relief, & a merit channel, the US can remain open to global talent while rebuilding the home-grown pipeline”- Pia Malaney www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

What if everything you learned in U.S. history class was incomplete? 👀 Historian Marc Egnal calls out the myths of American exceptionalism & explains how they still shape everything from shutdowns to school debates. Check out the convo w/ Lynn Parrramore www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

The richest Americans control $46 trillion in wealth—but many pay little or no federal tax. 👉 youtu.be/aLKacgW6YOI 👀 @bostoncollege.bsky.social professor Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax code has built a new aristocracy in her new book "The Second Estate" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Congrats to PERI's James Boyce and INET for being nominated by Anthem Awards for the series #EconOfWar!

Pia Malaney investigates the debate over high-skill immigration: do visas fill critical talent gaps that fuel innovation, or do they depress pay for domestic STEM workers? www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

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A must-read ftom economist Servaas Storm... www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Think TrumpRx will lower your drug costs? Not so fast. The real battle is taking on Pharma’s shareholder-first business model. @LynnParramore breaks it down with economist Öner Tulum www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...