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Lessons from history

Lessons from history • 25 Jun 25
Can there be a diversity premium in the housing market?
Lessons from history • 02 Jun 25
Germany’s reunification: what lessons for policy-makers today?
Lessons from history • 17 Apr 25
What’s the historical context for Britain’s low productivity growth?
Lessons from history • 16 Oct 24
#economicsfest: How can lessons from the past help to improve our economy?
Lessons from history • 12 Mar 24
Financing UK rail infrastructure: how does today compare with the past?
Lessons from history • 11 Mar 24
How has infrastructure been financed in the past?
Lessons from history • 30 Jan 24
What can we learn about patents and innovation from the past?
Lessons from history • 06 Nov 23
Adam Smith: how did he really see the world outside his window?
Lessons from history • 30 Oct 23
How have minorities been treated by the UK’s judicial system?
Lessons from history • 17 Oct 23
Panmure House: how has Adam Smith’s home contributed to his legacy?
Lessons from history • 09 Oct 23
How was Adam Smith shaped by the Scottish Enlightenment?
Lessons from history • 14 Sep 23
Scottish Enlightenment: what were the influences on Adam Smith’s thought?
Lessons from history • 05 Sep 23
What can we learn from banking crises of the past?
Lessons from history • 26 Jul 23
What is the role of storytelling in economics?
Lessons from history • 12 Jul 23
Where is the wealth of nations in the 21st century?
Lessons from history • 23 Jun 23
Why can economic forecasts go wrong?
Lessons from history • 09 Jun 23
What did Adam Smith think – and why does it matter today?
Lessons from history • 03 Apr 23
The Good Friday Agreement at 25: has there been a peace dividend?
Lessons from history • 28 Mar 23
Can UK trade unions recover their post-war power?
Lessons from history • 12 Sep 22
How did the UK economy change during the second Elizabethan age?
Lessons from history • 25 Jul 22
Sterling crisis: what are the historical precedents?
Lessons from history • 05 Jul 22
Industrial action: is the UK going back to the 1970s?
Lessons from history • 20 Jun 22
Inflation past and present: how have we measured the rising cost of living?
Lessons from history • 01 Jun 22
Platinum Jubilee: how has the UK economy changed over the past 70 years?
Lessons from history • 11 Apr 22
How has inflation been fought in the past?
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?
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?
Lessons from history • 10 Feb 22
How has deindustrialisation shaped debates about Scottish independence?
Lessons from history • 10 Jan 22
What are the lessons from history for digital currency?
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?
Lessons from history • 21 Jun 21
Are we about to experience another Roaring Twenties?
Lessons from history • 01 Jun 21
How has the UK labour market fared in recessions and recoveries since 1870?
Lessons from history • 01 May 21
What is the economic legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles?
Lessons from history • 30 Apr 21
Ireland’s economy since independence: what lessons from the past 100 years?
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?
Lessons from history • 21 Jan 21
Past plagues: why did some create conflict while others promoted cohesion?
Lessons from history • 13 Jan 21
How do large-scale pandemics affect inequality?
Lessons from history • 17 Sep 20
How have past pandemics affected business?
Lessons from history • 26 Jun 20
Rebuilding after the Second World War: what lessons for today?
Lessons from history • 22 Jun 20
What are the long-run economic consequences of pandemics?
Lessons from history • 29 May 20
What are the lessons for today from running a wartime economy?
Lessons from history • 27 May 20
What can we learn from the past about how to pay for the crisis?
Lessons from history • 24 May 20
Does the Spanish flu offer lessons in how to tackle a pandemic?
Lessons from history • 19 May 20
What can we learn from historical recessions and depressions?
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