Inflationary Inertia as a Result of Unfulfilled Aspirations
How inflationary inertia, driven by distributional conflict, disrupts the economy’s path to an effective demand equilibrium.
Ineteconomics
Why Inflation Sticks Around: The Social Roots of Price Persistence
Inflation persists not just because of spending or interest rates, but because underlying social conflicts over income, expectations, and power remain unresolved.
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The Case for a New Bretton Woods
How do we prepare for a world of constant shocks—climate disasters, financial crises, pandemics, conflict, and inequality?
Fred Ledley’s INET-Funded Research Remains in the Top 5% of all Research Monitored by Altmetric (≈28 million)
Altmetric
Fred Ledley's INET-funded research, which was published as an INET working paper, documents that the US Government is the first investor in practically all crucial biopharmaceutical innovation.
U.S. Political System Is Bought, Not Broken. A New Party Won’t Fix the Basic Problem.
Why real reform in American politics won’t come from slogans, scandals, or new parties -- but from breaking the grip of investor politics and rebuilding power from the ground up.
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AI, Antitrust & Privacy
We typically view competition as a positive force that lowers prices, improves quality and service, and increases variety. However, competition can sometimes be toxic.
AI, Antitrust & Privacy: When More Competition Makes Things Worse
Without strong privacy laws and aligned incentives, increased AI competition worsens surveillance, manipulation, and disinformation—threatening privacy, autonomy, and democracy.
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America’s Broken Union System
Union membership is at its lowest level in a century. Why, despite viral organizing campaigns at Amazon and Starbucks, has union density flatlined?
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