Ineteconomics

A Heart Attack and Stroke Drug That Saves Lives Exists—But American Patients May Be Left Behind by Profit-Driven Healthcare

12/12/2024 Ineteconomics Analysis

Dr. Victor Gurewich, a researcher and Harvard Medical School faculty member since 1965, discovered a breakthrough drug treatment for heart attacks and strokes with the potential to save millions, but institutional resistance and a U.S. healthcare system that puts profits over patients are keeping it out of reach.
Chest tightness. Arm pain. Panic. The warning signs hit hard, and for a moment, the thought of a heart attack is no longer just a fear—it’s happening.

Protecting the Consumer: A Conference at the University of Utah with CFPB Director Rohit Chopra

12/09/2024 Ineteconomics Analysis

The Utah Project on Antitrust and Consumer Protection hosted a conference on the future of consumer financial services law on October 11, 2024, which was supported by an INET grant.

NY Times and Rolling Stone Cited Fred Ledley’s INET Working Paper on the NIH’s Investment in FDA Approved Drugs

12/05/2024 Ineteconomics Analysis

NY Times (12/1/2024) & Rolling Stone

Trump, Tariffs, and Exchange Rates: The Message of Elections in the US and Japan

12/02/2024 Ineteconomics Analysis

What Japan, the US, and Europe have in common is growing popular anger over the economy despite high stock prices and low unemployment.
Why ruling parties were defeated in US and Japanese elections

How the Wall Street Journal Blew the Story of the Democrats and Inflation

11/19/2024 Ineteconomics Analysis

The firehose of affluent consumption continues to drive inflation, not the stimulus package
It must be the Wall Street Journal’s DNA. Nothing else easily explains why the normally careful Nick Timiraos would focus so much of his account of “How the Democrats Blew It on Inflation” on the hoary argument that the “Biden Stimulus” somehow triggered worldwide inflation back in 2021.

Time to Stop Rolling Dice: Why Bigger is Better in Climate Investments

11/18/2024 Ineteconomics Analysis

Earlier investments make large-scale emission reductions easier to do over time because their unit costs drop
Everyone recognizes that the costs of automobiles, washers, jet planes, and hundreds of other products usually drop with mass production. Most products get cheaper when they stream out of workplaces not by the dozens, but by the tens of thousands, or even millions.

Fear and Fascism: How America Reached a Political Breaking Point

11/14/2024 Ineteconomics Analysis

Lincoln Mitchell, Political Science Professor at Columbia University, discusses the increasingly powerful fascist movement in the US., outlining the elements of fascism present in the MAGA movement, including its dependence on a strongman leader, the scapegoating of minorities, threats of violence and curtailing of freedoms of speech and assembly.
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NBER Published Anton Korinek’s INET-Funded Research

11/13/2024 Ineteconomics Analysis

NBER: Concentrating Intelligence: Scaling and Market Structure in Artificial Intelligence

The Economics and Governance of New Technologies

11/12/2024 Ineteconomics Analysis

Money Talks: The Erosion of Democracy in the Age of Billionaire Influence

11/07/2024 Ineteconomics Analysis

David Sirota joins Rob Johnson to examine the history and impact of money in U.S. politics, as explored in Sirota’s investigative podcast series, "Master Plan." Sirota discusses how a series of judicial rulings and policy changes since the 1970s enabled a system in which the voices of wealthy elites overshadow those of ordinary citizens.

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