On purpose
Campaigners seeking deep transformation of the economy should look no further for ideas than Colin Mayer’s book, Prosperity. Within it they will find a surprisingly radical agenda even if they …
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Collaboratively yours
The theme of this issue is common resource management. This may seem a niche interest but when you think about it there are many resources we have to manage together. …
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Revealing the fudge in ‘Nudge Economics’
Professor Sugden, a renowned and celebrated pioneer of behavioural economics, has written an important book. In it he skewers the “nudge economics” fudge that maintains the illusion of the possibility …
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So what does the failure of Lehmans mean to you?
For me, it marked the end of an exciting and creative period which really started with the Rio Summit in 1992. During this period there was increasing space within the …
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What do you do?
Whether it’s the Duke of Edinburgh or the bride’s mum asking it, not everyone finds the “what do you do” question a comfortable one. It suggests that we are expected …
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Symptoms of growth addiction: bad housing, bad health and Donald Trump?
In this issue we focus on the economics of two issues that have dominated our politics for decades: health and housing. The health of the NHS is maybe our …
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Time to Pay Peter
It is 30 years since the Brundtland Commission published its report on Sustainable Development. This was the official response to the Club of Rome’s Limits to Growth work that created …
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When will they ever learn?
Can we avoid financial instability or has our human nature evolved in such a way that they are inevitable? Clearly Gordon Brown’s endless pronounce- ments of the end of ‘Boom …
When will they ever learn? Read MoreTrust in economics. Or how far can you throw a rational actor?
The question of trust is of course core to our lives. When trust breaks down in a relationship due for instance to an affair, it is probably over. This is …
Trust in economics. Or how far can you throw a rational actor? Read MoreOn surviving and thriving post EU divorce
Divorce is rarely anything other than a painful, protracted and costly process for at least one side. So here we are, weeks from starting divorce proceedings with the EU and …
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