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

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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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“Founders Would Be Horrified”: Renowned Historian Drops Truth-Bomb on American Revolution and Lessons for Today

Apr 15, 2025

Professor Marc Egnal of York University joins the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s 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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7 Truths About Trump’s Tariffs — And the High-Stakes Future They Shape

Apr 12, 2025

Top money-and-politics expert Thomas Ferguson breaks down the real drivers of Trump’s aggressive tariff agenda, from big crypto plans to a new world order emerging.