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Energy & climate change • 09 Nov 22
How have economists thought about climate change?
Nations, regions & cities • 20 Oct 22
The BRICS countries: where next and what impact on the global economy?
Lessons from history • 18 Oct 22
Industrial action: is the UK going back to the 1970s?
Banks & financial markets • 11 Oct 22
Banking crises: who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and why?
Lessons from history • 12 Sep 22
How did the UK economy change during the second Elizabethan age?
Attitudes, media & governance • 26 Jul 22
Does public trust in government matter for effective policy-making?
Lessons from history • 25 Jul 22
Sterling crisis: what are the historical precedents?
News • 24 Jun 22
Summer of discontent
Banks & financial markets • 23 Jun 22
Why are cryptocurrencies crashing?
Lessons from history • 20 Jun 22
Inflation past and present: how have we measured the rising cost of living?
News • 10 Jun 22
Picture this
Lessons from history • 01 Jun 22
Platinum Jubilee: how has the UK economy changed over the past 70 years?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 20 May 22
Should the UK impose a windfall tax on energy companies’ profits?
Banks & financial markets • 17 May 22
How did the first Monetary Policy Committee members pursue their mandate?
Banks & financial markets • 06 May 22
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee at 25: where next?
Nations, regions & cities • 21 Apr 22
How might Scottish independence affect Northern Ireland’s economy?
Trade & supply chains • 13 Apr 22
Sanctions on Russia: what are the ramifications of this new trade war?
Lessons from history • 11 Apr 22
How has inflation been fought in the past?
News • 25 Mar 22
War stories
Lessons from history • 24 Mar 22
Where did Russia’s post-communism economic reforms go wrong?
Lessons from history • 18 Mar 22
What lessons from history for our response to Ukrainian refugees?
Lessons from history • 16 Mar 22
Currency choice: what lessons from Ireland for an independent Scotland?
News • 25 Feb 22
Tearing up the rulebook
Lessons from history • 24 Feb 22
Scotland’s future: what insights does a political economy perspective add?
Lessons from history • 17 Feb 22
Scottish independence: what lessons from the break-up of Czechoslovakia?
News • 11 Feb 22
Scotland’s past and future
Lessons from history • 10 Feb 22
How has deindustrialisation shaped debates about Scottish independence?
Data stories • 08 Feb 22
Are we really witnessing a ‘great resignation’?
News • 14 Jan 22
Money: back to the future
Lessons from history • 10 Jan 22
What are the lessons from history for digital currency?
Business, big & small • 20 Dec 21
What future for the champagne industry after the pandemic?
Banks & financial markets • 10 Dec 21
Why has the price of Bitcoin risen/fallen in the past day/week/month?
Energy & climate change • 09 Dec 21
How have economists thought about the environment?
Energy & climate change • 01 Nov 21
Is it time to let go of our dependency on economic growth?
Lessons from history • 07 Oct 21
What are the long-term economic effects of pollution?
Lessons from history • 31 Aug 21
What can we learn from the role of coal in the Industrial Revolution?
News • 25 Jun 21
Twenty-twenties vision
Lessons from history • 21 Jun 21
Are we about to experience another Roaring Twenties?
Data stories • 11 Jun 21
Is football coming home?
News • 04 Jun 21
Work in progress
Lessons from history • 01 Jun 21
How has the UK labour market fared in recessions and recoveries since 1870?
Banks & financial markets • 24 May 21
Are we in the middle of a tech bubble?
Pensions, savings & investment • 10 May 21
Does the stock market reflect the economy?
Lessons from history • 01 May 21
What is the economic legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles?
News • 30 Apr 21
Northern Ireland at 100
Lessons from history • 30 Apr 21
Ireland’s economy since independence: what lessons from the past 100 years?
Nations, regions & cities • 29 Apr 21
What explains Northern Ireland’s long-standing problem of low productivity?
Lessons from history • 27 Apr 21
What were the economic consequences of Irish independence?
Lessons from history • 26 Apr 21
The Great Irish Famine: what are the lessons for policy-makers today?
Recession & recovery • 15 Apr 21
How has coronavirus affected social capital in the UK?

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