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Lessons from history
Nations, regions & cities
• 20 Oct 22
The BRICS countries: where next and what impact on the global economy?
Banks & financial markets
• 04 Sep 23
Why did the global financial crisis of 2007-09 happen?
Lessons from history
• 31 Aug 21
What can we learn from the role of coal in the Industrial Revolution?
Attitudes, media & governance
• 11 Jul 24
What happened in the 2024 UK general election?
Banks & financial markets
• 28 Sep 23
Why did Lehman Brothers fail?
Lessons from history
• 30 Apr 21
Ireland’s economy since independence: what lessons from the past 100 years?
Lessons from history
• 09 Jun 23
What did Adam Smith think – and why does it matter today?
Energy & climate change
• 09 Dec 21
How have economists thought about the environment?
Attitudes, media & governance
• 26 Jul 22
Does public trust in government matter for effective policy-making?
Aid & international development
• 09 Mar 23
What is the likely impact of the earthquakes on economic growth in Türkiye?
Health, physical & mental
• 28 May 20
What are the effects of recessions on health?
Banks & financial markets
• 17 Sep 24
How did Ireland recover so strongly from the global financial crisis?
Lessons from history
• 26 Apr 21
The Great Irish Famine: what are the lessons for policy-makers today?
Pensions, savings & investment
• 10 May 21
Does the stock market reflect the economy?
Trade & supply chains
• 13 Apr 22
Sanctions on Russia: what are the ramifications of this new trade war?
Lessons from history
• 27 Apr 21
What were the economic consequences of Irish independence?
Lessons from history
• 21 Jun 21
Are we about to experience another Roaring Twenties?
Lessons from history
• 05 Jul 22
Industrial action: is the UK going back to the 1970s?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits
• 11 Oct 23
Why has it taken so long for stagnant pay to become central to UK politics?
Attitudes, media & governance
• 26 Sep 23
How did Adam Smith understand self-interest?
Banks & financial markets
• 24 May 21
Are we in the middle of a tech bubble?
Trade & supply chains
• 23 May 20
What happens to trade in a global downturn?
Lessons from history
• 11 Apr 22
How has inflation been fought in the past?
Lessons from history
• 30 Jan 24
What can we learn about patents and innovation from the past?
Lessons from history
• 01 May 21
What is the economic legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles?
Lessons from history
• 07 Oct 21
What are the long-term economic effects of pollution?
Banks & financial markets
• 07 Sep 23
Swiss banks now and in the global financial crisis: is this time different?
Lessons from history
• 25 Jul 22
Sterling crisis: what are the historical precedents?
Energy & climate change
• 28 Oct 21
How have economists thought about climate change?
Lessons from history
• 14 Sep 23
Scottish Enlightenment: what were the influences on Adam Smith’s thought?
Lessons from history
• 24 Mar 22
Where did Russia’s post-communism economic reforms go wrong?
Aid & international development
• 22 Mar 21
Are there differences in Africa’s responses to Ebola and Covid-19?
Public spending, taxes & debt
• 20 May 22
Should the UK impose a windfall tax on energy companies’ profits?
Data stories
• 08 Jun 23
300 years of history: In numbers
Lessons from history
• 11 Mar 24
How has infrastructure been financed in the past?
Recession & recovery
• 06 Feb 23
Three centuries of UK business cycles: what lessons for today?
Banks & financial markets
• 23 Jun 22
Why are cryptocurrencies crashing?
Trade & supply chains
• 19 Jun 23
Globalisation and backlash: how has world trade evolved over 300 years?
Lessons from history
• 09 Oct 23
How was Adam Smith shaped by the Scottish Enlightenment?
Lessons from history
• 23 Jun 23
Why can economic forecasts go wrong?
Lessons from history
• 01 Jun 22
Platinum Jubilee: how has the UK economy changed over the past 70 years?
Lessons from history
• 30 Oct 23
How have minorities been treated by the UK’s judicial system?
Banks & financial markets
• 10 Dec 21
Why has the price of Bitcoin risen/fallen in the past day/week/month?
Lessons from history
• 05 Sep 23
What can we learn from banking crises of the past?
Public spending, taxes & debt
• 09 Dec 20
One-off wealth taxes: what can we learn from history?
Lessons from history
• 26 Jun 20
Rebuilding after the Second World War: what lessons for today?
Banks & financial markets
• 28 Nov 22
Fiscal and current account deficits: what threat to UK economic stability?
Pensions, savings & investment
• 16 Dec 20
UK household wealth tripled in 20 years: where did it all come from?
Lessons from history
• 28 Mar 23
Can UK trade unions recover their post-war power?
Lessons from history
• 12 Mar 24
Financing UK rail infrastructure: how does today compare with the past?
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