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Attitudes, media & governance • 21 Dec 24
What’s worth reading over the 2024 holiday season?
Families & households • 20 Dec 24
What’s changed through two decades of housing market dynamics?
Nations, regions & cities • 19 Dec 24
Do cities and regions gain from public sector relocation?
Business, big & small • 17 Dec 24
How is the retail sector faring ahead of the 2024 holiday season?
Business, big & small • 16 Dec 24
How do corporate payout policies affect the impact of tax cuts?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 11 Dec 24
What are the links between job vacancies, unemployment and inflation?
Families & households • 09 Dec 24
What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK?
Pensions, savings & investment • 05 Dec 24
How is pension consolidation likely to affect performance and growth?
Business, big & small • 03 Dec 24
The video games industry: is more support needed for this UK success story?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 26 Nov 24
How do safety concerns shape women’s opportunities in developing countries?
Nations, regions & cities • 25 Nov 24
Kenya’s economy: how is the government tackling the big challenges?
Attitudes, media & governance • 21 Nov 24
What can sport learn from economics and economics from sport?
Nations, regions & cities • 19 Nov 24
Devolution at 25: how has productivity changed in the devolved nations?
Attitudes, media & governance • 18 Nov 24
Wellbeing policy: what lessons from the Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman?
Transport & infrastructure • 14 Nov 24
Economics of airports: what lessons from the airport economist?
Transport & infrastructure • 13 Nov 24
Visitor caps: what potential impact on the world tourism industry?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 11 Nov 24
Good work: what do we know about the quality of UK jobs?
Attitudes, media & governance • 07 Nov 24
Live music in the UK: what’s the state of the industry?
Business, big & small • 05 Nov 24
How is competition changing across the UK economy?
Energy & climate change • 04 Nov 24
Degrowth: is there any consensus on whether it might be a good idea?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 29 Oct 24
Ahead of the autumn 2024 budget, what’s the state of the UK economy?
Schools, universities & training • 29 Oct 24
UK higher education finance: what’s the problem and what can be done?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 28 Oct 24
What share of the economic pie goes to workers?
Trade & supply chains • 24 Oct 24
How might a wider Middle East conflict affect the global economy?
Attitudes, media & governance • 23 Oct 24
What are the economic impacts of institutions and technology?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 21 Oct 24
Fiscal rules: what value if they change whenever politically convenient?
Attitudes, media & governance • 16 Oct 24
#economicsfest: How can the UK’s new government kickstart the economy?
Lessons from history • 16 Oct 24
#economicsfest: How can lessons from the past help to improve our economy?
Business, big & small • 03 Oct 24
Which policies can best support private sector growth in the UK?
Health, physical & mental • 02 Oct 24
How can we reduce obesity and improve diets?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 30 Sep 24
What’s the economic inheritance of the new UK government?
Trade & supply chains • 25 Sep 24
Can trade measures help to tackle the use of forced labour?
Nations, regions & cities • 23 Sep 24
Why did Venezuela’s economy collapse?
Prices & interest rates • 19 Sep 24
How could the system for live event ticketing be improved?
Banks & financial markets • 17 Sep 24
How did Ireland recover so strongly from the global financial crisis?
Energy & climate change • 12 Sep 24
How do greening prosperity stripes help measure progress towards net zero?
Data stories • 05 Sep 24
What happened at the 2024 Olympics?
Energy & climate change • 03 Sep 24
Achieving sustainable development: what’s happening in the Congo Basin?
Transport & infrastructure • 29 Aug 24
What might be the economic implications of autonomous vehicles?
Science, technology & innovation • 21 Aug 24
How is generative artificial intelligence changing the legal profession?
Schools, universities & training • 15 Aug 24
What is the impact of a Premiership football team on local universities?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 13 Aug 24
What is the current state of economic inactivity in Northern Ireland?
Attitudes, media & governance • 12 Aug 24
Does success in the Olympic Games boost public participation in sport?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 08 Aug 24
What is disability pay gap reporting?
Attitudes, media & governance • 30 Jul 24
What do we know about voter turnout in parliamentary elections?
Inequality & poverty • 29 Jul 24
What do we know about child poverty in developing economies?
Banks & financial markets • 24 Jul 24
How do bond markets react to election results?
Nations, regions & cities • 22 Jul 24
The 2024 Olympics: will home advantage boost France’s medal count?
Business, big & small • 18 Jul 24
Why are there so few women leading the UK’s biggest companies?
Business, big & small • 17 Jul 24
Why are company bosses paid so much?

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