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Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 11 Oct 23
Why has it taken so long for stagnant pay to become central to UK politics?
Lessons from history • 09 Oct 23
How was Adam Smith shaped by the Scottish Enlightenment?
News • 06 Oct 23
Track record
Recession & recovery • 05 Oct 23
Who suffered most from economic uncertainty early in the Covid-19 pandemic?
Business, big & small • 03 Oct 23
What would Adam Smith make of modern competition policy?
Families & households • 02 Oct 23
How can UK policy-makers make homes more affordable?
Banks & financial markets • 28 Sep 23
Why did Lehman Brothers fail?
Attitudes, media & governance • 26 Sep 23
How did Adam Smith understand self-interest?
Prices & interest rates • 25 Sep 23
What’s happening to UK inflation and interest rates?
Inequality & poverty • 22 Sep 23
Does Adam Smith’s theory really imply today’s inequality?
Aid & international development • 21 Sep 23
Asylum seekers in Europe: where do people go and why?
Attitudes, media & governance • 18 Sep 23
Principles of motion: how should policy-makers think about human behaviour?
News • 15 Sep 23
After the fall
Lessons from history • 14 Sep 23
Scottish Enlightenment: what were the influences on Adam Smith’s thought?
Business, big & small • 12 Sep 23
The hollow corporation: what does today’s division of labour look like?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 11 Sep 23
What explains the gender division of labour and how can it be redressed?
Banks & financial markets • 07 Sep 23
Swiss banks now and in the global financial crisis: is this time different?
Lessons from history • 05 Sep 23
What can we learn from banking crises of the past?
Banks & financial markets • 04 Sep 23
Why did the global financial crisis of 2007-09 happen?
Data stories • 18 Aug 23
Final update on the Women’s World Cup: is football coming home again?
Data stories • 14 Aug 23
Update III on the Women’s World Cup: is football coming home again?
Data stories • 10 Aug 23
Update II on the Women’s World Cup: is football coming home again?
Data stories • 04 Aug 23
Update on the Women’s World Cup: is football coming home again?
News • 31 Jul 23
#ChartOfTheDay
Lessons from history • 26 Jul 23
What is the role of storytelling in economics?
Business, big & small • 24 Jul 23
AI cartels: what does artificial intelligence mean for competition policy?
Data stories • 21 Jul 23
Predicting the Women’s World Cup: is football coming home again?
Prices & interest rates • 19 Jul 23
How does inflation affect mortgages in light of rising interest rates?
Banks & financial markets • 17 Jul 23
Dark trading: what is it and how does it affect financial markets?
Data stories • 12 Jul 23
What do the latest data tell us about UK wage growth?
Lessons from history • 12 Jul 23
Where is the wealth of nations in the 21st century?
Health, physical & mental • 10 Jul 23
Will the NHS long-term workforce plan solve the current crisis?
Energy & climate change • 06 Jul 23
What policies might Adam Smith advocate today?
Energy & climate change • 04 Jul 23
Missing capitals: how should we think about the modern wealth of nations?
News • 30 Jun 23
House of cards
Families & households • 28 Jun 23
What’s been happening in the UK’s housing market in the first half of 2023?
Energy & climate change • 27 Jun 23
How should a national energy efficiency policy be targeted ahead of winter?
Prices & interest rates • 26 Jun 23
When will UK inflation return to the Bank of England’s target of 2% a year?
Lessons from history • 23 Jun 23
Why can economic forecasts go wrong?
Nations, regions & cities • 22 Jun 23
Sanctions against Russia: what have been the effects so far?
Data stories • 21 Jun 23
UK GDP data: how is the economy expected to perform?
Attitudes, media & governance • 20 Jun 23
Adam Smith: what is the role of honour in society?
Trade & supply chains • 19 Jun 23
Globalisation and backlash: how has world trade evolved over 300 years?
News • 16 Jun 23
Adam Smith: an economist for his times – and ours
Schools, universities & training • 15 Jun 23
Which educational policies are most effective for equalising opportunities?
Productivity & growth • 14 Jun 23
Can policy boost productivity in the UK’s services-based economy?
Science, technology & innovation • 13 Jun 23
What might be the economic impact of AI tools like ChatGPT?
Lessons from history • 09 Jun 23
What did Adam Smith think – and why does it matter today?
Data stories • 08 Jun 23
300 years of history: In numbers
Inequality & poverty • 07 Jun 23
The flipside of American progress: economic failure or failed economics?

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