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Attitudes, media & governance

Attitudes, media & governance • 27 Jan 21

Safety from infection: how should Covid-19 policy make the trade-offs?
Attitudes, media & governance • 04 Nov 20

Does rationing essential goods help to prevent panic buying and shortages?
Attitudes, media & governance • 20 Oct 20

How can public health messages promote compliance with protective measures?
Attitudes, media & governance • 04 Oct 20

Valuing statistical lives: how should such metrics inform pandemic policy-making?
Attitudes, media & governance • 28 Sep 20

Externalities: why do we need coordinated public action in the pandemic?
Attitudes, media & governance • 15 Sep 20

How can we know which policies to fight Covid-19 actually work?
Attitudes, media & governance • 27 Aug 20

Do people change their behaviour when face masks are mandatory?
Attitudes, media & governance • 24 Aug 20

What role does emotion play in our responses to coronavirus?
Attitudes, media & governance • 21 Aug 20

Can behavioural economics help with the enforcement of social distancing?
Attitudes, media & governance • 20 Aug 20

Who complies with social distancing measures in the pandemic?
Attitudes, media & governance • 03 Jun 20

Risk in the time of Covid-19: what do we know and not know?
Attitudes, media & governance • 27 May 20

Do we make informed decisions when sharing our personal data?
Attitudes, media & governance • 27 May 20

What will be the impact of Covid-19 on public attitudes to immigration?
Health, physical & mental • 01 Mar 21

What do social media reveal about our emotions during the Covid-19 crisis?
Crime & policing • 25 Feb 21

Did the vote for Brexit lead to a rise in hate crime?
Nations, regions & cities • 12 Feb 21

Has devolution led to different outcomes during the Covid-19 crisis?
News • 29 Jan 21

Devil in the detail
Lessons from history • 21 Jan 21

Past plagues: why did some create conflict while others promoted cohesion?
News • 15 Jan 21

The end of the beginning?
Prices & interest rates • 22 Dec 20

Do we need a new constitution for central banking?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 18 Dec 20

Are lockdowns taxes?
Data stories • 11 Dec 20

How willing are the UK public to get a Covid-19 jab?
Recession & recovery • 25 Nov 20

#economicsfest: What has coronavirus taught us about radical uncertainty?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 18 Nov 20

#economicsfest: Is Big Government back?
News • 06 Nov 20

New leaders, new lockdowns
Data stories • 03 Nov 20

How might the presidential election result affect the US economy?
Health, physical & mental • 02 Nov 20

The pound-of-flesh fallacy: do lockdowns simply postpone the pain of Covid-19?
Recession & recovery • 08 Oct 20

How can authorities control coronavirus without killing the economy?
Recession & recovery • 10 Aug 20

What will the shape of the recovery tell us about the best policy response?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 09 Aug 20

How will coronavirus and the recession affect UK immigration?
Nations, regions & cities • 31 Jul 20

Why is Germany's Covid-19 fatality rate comparatively low?
Health, physical & mental • 29 Jul 20

Has coronavirus made anyone better off?
Crime & policing • 28 Jul 20

Is hate crime rising during the Covid-19 crisis?
Energy & climate change • 17 Jul 20

Can recovery from Covid-19 help transition to a zero-carbon economy?
Recession & recovery • 24 Jun 20

How much will lifting lockdown start to reverse the UK’s economic slump?
Lessons from history • 22 Jun 20

What are the long-run economic consequences of pandemics?
Science, technology & innovation • 16 Jun 20

How should we allocate limited capacity for coronavirus testing?
Lessons from history • 29 May 20

What are the lessons for today from running a wartime economy?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 29 May 20

What is the likely future role of the state in the UK economy?

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