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Public spending, taxes & debt

Public spending, taxes & debt • 24 Nov 22

How did Treasury policy-makers approach the economic response to Covid-19?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 20 May 22

Should the UK impose a windfall tax on energy companies’ profits?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 03 May 22

Update: What effect did Northern Ireland’s spend local scheme have on the economy?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 25 Apr 22

How might an independent Scotland manage public debt?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 27 Jan 22

What might the public finances of an independent Scotland look like?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 13 Dec 21

What effect will Northern Ireland’s spend local scheme have on the economy?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 06 Dec 21

Which taxes might help to restore sustainability of the public finances?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 24 Sep 21

How will UK tax rises to fund social care affect the devolved nations?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 21 Sep 21

How might changes to social care funding affect different service users?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 18 May 21

Would taxes on unhealthy foods reduce obesity?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 19 Apr 21

How should governments source public services during a crisis?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 11 Jan 21

Should a UK wealth tax be devolved?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 18 Dec 20

Are lockdowns taxes?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 14 Dec 20

Why did some earlier wealth taxes fail and could this time be different?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 11 Dec 20

Does history suggest that wealth taxes help to improve the public finances?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 09 Dec 20

How much revenue might be raised by a one-off wealth tax?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 09 Dec 20

One-off wealth taxes: what can we learn from history?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 27 Nov 20

Who has financed higher government spending during the pandemic?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 25 Nov 20

Should the government be planning tax rises and public spending cuts?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 18 Nov 20

#economicsfest: Is Big Government back?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 27 Jul 20

What are the fiscal consequences of the UK response to coronavirus?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 29 May 20

What is the likely future role of the state in the UK economy?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 27 May 20

What is the size of the fiscal multiplier?
Inequality & poverty • 22 Sep 23

Does Adam Smith’s theory really imply today’s inequality?
Attitudes, media & governance • 18 Sep 23

Principles of motion: how should policy-makers think about human behaviour?
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?
Recession & recovery • 14 Jun 23

Can policy boost productivity in the UK’s services-based economy?
Lessons from history • 09 Jun 23

What did Adam Smith think – and why does it matter today?
Aid & international development • 24 Apr 23

How has the pandemic affected civil conflict around the world?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 21 Apr 23

Frontline stories: designing furlough at HM Treasury
Lessons from history • 03 Apr 23

The Good Friday Agreement at 25: has there been a peace dividend?
News • 31 Mar 23

Banks, budgets and birthdays
Health, physical & mental • 30 Mar 23

How is the cost of living crisis affecting provision of social care?
Pensions, savings & investment • 27 Mar 23

What are the implications of removing the pensions lifetime allowance?
Nations, regions & cities • 26 Mar 23

What are some of the big policy challenges facing Scotland’s new first minister?
News • 17 Mar 23

The boring budget
Health, physical & mental • 14 Feb 23

How might the cost of living crisis affect people’s health?
News • 10 Feb 23

Back to normal?
Health, physical & mental • 08 Feb 23

Why is the NHS struggling?
Communicating economics • 21 Dec 22

#studentviews: Should we still be subsidising electric vehicles?
Energy & climate change • 12 Dec 22

Levies on energy profits: can they solve the UK’s cost of living crisis?
Nations, regions & cities • 08 Dec 22

What are the prospects for further fiscal devolution in Northern Ireland?
Banks & financial markets • 28 Nov 22

Fiscal and current account deficits: what threat to UK economic stability?
Energy & climate change • 10 Nov 22

How can climate promises be met while maintaining fiscal sustainability?
Banks & financial markets • 09 Nov 22

How will climate change affect public finances and sovereign risk?
Energy & climate change • 09 Nov 22

How are climate change policies affecting firms’ competitiveness?
Banks & financial markets • 21 Oct 22

What can happen when economic policy-makers lose credibility?
Nations, regions & cities • 19 Oct 22

An independent Scotland: what would be the options for economic success?
Banks & financial markets • 17 Oct 22

How important is the City to the UK economy?

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