Analysis

Private Data, Public Danger? How the Shutdown Poses Risks to the Entire Economy

11/06/2025 Ineteconomics Analysis

As the government shutdown drags on, official economic data has slowed to a crawl, leaving policymakers, markets, and citizens increasingly reliant on private-sector numbers. That’s a problem.
If the 2008 financial crisis proved anything, it’s that economic stability is not a given but a fragile construct – one that can collapse at warp speed when trust, transparency, and accountability erode.

Reality has a way of reminding us if we forget.

Mamdani’s Win and the Price of Urban Life: Why City Voters Are Seeking Change

11/05/2025 Ineteconomics Analysis

The soaring costs of city life appear to be sending urban voters toward progressive leaders who promise relief, both in the U.S. and globally.
From New York to California and beyond, soaring costs seem to be rewriting city politics, as voters respond to candidates who promise to ease the financial squeeze. Zohran Mamdani’s historic win in NYC underscores a shift that has been emerging in recent years – both in the U.S. and globally -- and could extend to other major cities.

Economics and History Are Inseparable

11/05/2025 Ineteconomics Analysis

How can history help us understand the world economists study—and change how we confront the climate crisis?

Law, Economics and Policy Conference (LEPC)

10/28/2025 Ineteconomics Analysis

The LEPC is a flagship initiative, designed to bring together leading voices in Law, Economics, and Public Policy to engage with complex, real-world challenges in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary manner.

The Flawed Welfare Foundations of Pro-Free Trade Arguments

10/27/2025 Ineteconomics Analysis

The argument that free trade is always the correct policy is based on a flawed welfare analysis. Free trade results in winners and losers and economists are not competent to analyze the impact on well-being as a whole or the spillover social consequences of the discontent of the losers.

Distribution Matters: Flawed Welfare Foundations in Classic Free Trade Arguments

10/27/2025 Ineteconomics Analysis

The Hidden History Fueling Tariffs, Shutdowns, and National Breakdown

10/23/2025 Ineteconomics Analysis

From political slugfests to classroom battles, historian Marc Egnal talks with INET’s Lynn Parramore about the need for a new approach to our national story.
In his new book Challenging the Myths of U.S. History, historian Marc Egnal takes aim at the stories Americans like to tell themselves -- on both the right and the left.

America’s New Aristocracy

10/22/2025 Ineteconomics Analysis

The richest Americans control $46 trillion in wealth—but many pay little or no federal tax.

INET Warned Over 2 Years Ago: Spending by the Wealthy Is Distorting the Economy

10/21/2025 Ineteconomics Analysis

The idea is finally catching on, but many still miss how deeply it’s driving inflation, masking wage losses, and complicating recovery.
Lately, you’ve probably seen headlines highlighting what some call a surprising truth: the richest Americans -- who’ve enjoyed years of income and wealth growth -- are the ones keeping the economy afloat with their spending. Meanwhile, most people struggle to keep up with rising costs.

Not the Fix—The Tell: The Meaning of a $100,000 H-1B Fee

10/20/2025 Ineteconomics Analysis

The new $100,000 H-1B fee tacitly acknowledges what early policy architects signaled: expanding temporary tech visas can depress domestic wages. By bringing the fully loaded cost of a new H1B hire closer to what the local market would require to recruit and retain comparable talent, it narrows the wedge between visa-enabled staffing and hiring Americans at market rates.

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