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UK policymakers and industry need to set their sights on the long-term picture to boost productivity and help grow the economy.
‘It’s big but it can only do so much.’
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US trading partners can expect an export boom, but that alone will only have muted benefits for them.
The Vote Leave bus.
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Economic forecasts are flawed but they should not be blindly dismissed as fake facts.
George Osborne’s eyes a return to politics.
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The main distinguishing feature of Osborne’s policy record was presiding over one of the worst economic recoveries in British history.
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We may be on the cusp of a full-blow trade war that could reconfigure globalisation.
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October 29, 2018
Craig Berry , Manchester Metropolitan University ; Dan Finn , University of Portsmouth ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University ; Jo Richardson , De Montfort University ; Mandy Pierlejewski , Leeds Beckett University ; Maria Goddard , University of York ; Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Stephen Roper , Warwick Business School, University of Warwick , and W David McCausland , University of Aberdeen
From the economy to education, experts from a range of areas impacted by the budget share their reactions.
Academics put Hammond in the spotlight.
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November 22, 2017
Chris Jones , Aston University ; Donald Hirsch , Loughborough University ; Ed Turner , Aston University ; Geoff J Rodgers , Brunel University of London ; Gwilym Pryce , University of Sheffield ; Jill Rubery , University of Manchester ; Linda Bauld , University of Stirling ; Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Paul Nieuwenhuis , Cardiff University , and Peter Bloom , The Open University
Academics deliver their verdict on Philip Hammond.
Who knows?
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June 9, 2017
James Tilley , University of Oxford ; Ben Williams , University of Salford ; Daniel Fitzpatrick , Aston University ; John Garry , Queen's University Belfast ; Kathryn Simpson , Manchester Metropolitan University ; Laura McAllister , Cardiff University ; Matt Cole , University of Birmingham ; Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Neil Matthews , University of Bristol ; Parveen Akhtar , Aston University ; Richard Murphy , City St George's, University of London ; Robin Pettitt , Kingston University ; Stuart Wilks-Heeg , University of Liverpool , and William McDougall , Glasgow Caledonian University
Rolling coverage of the general election results from expert academics.
All smiles at 11 Downing Street.
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March 8, 2017
Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Andrew Gunn , University of Leeds ; Catherine Needham , University of Birmingham ; Donald Hirsch , Loughborough University ; Geraint Johnes , Lancaster University ; Ian Greenwood , University of Leeds ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University ; Kevin Farnsworth , University of York ; Michael Devereux , University of Oxford , and Simon Wren-Lewis , University of Oxford
Philip Hammond delivers his last Spring Budget on the state of the UK economy. Our panel of experts dissect what it says.
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A future of trade wars and isolationism will not solve the grand challenges which are dragging down fragile economies.
On the march.
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November 24, 2016
Geraint Johnes , Lancaster University ; Anna Vignoles , University of Cambridge ; David Bailey , Aston University ; David Metz , UCL ; James Wilsdon , University of Sheffield ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University ; Karen Bloor , University of York ; Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Michael White , Nottingham Trent University ; Peter Taylor-Gooby , University of Kent , and Stephen Roper , Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Philip Hammond has delivered Britain’s first major economic statement since its Brexit vote. Our panellists give their take on what it means.
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Predictions for inflation to nudge 3% are a sign that the Bank is willing to let consumers underpin growth. Now, the stimulus must come from fiscal policy.
Waiting for Superman.
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Britain’s central bank governor Mark Carney is like a prize fighter throwing his last, limp punches.
Eyes on 2020.
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November 25, 2015
Vikki McCall , University of Stirling ; Alan Shipman , The Open University ; Anna Vignoles , University of Cambridge ; David Bell , University of Stirling ; Gareth Downing , University of Huddersfield ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University ; Karen Bloor , University of York ; Michael Kitson , University of Cambridge ; Nigel Driffield , Warwick Business School, University of Warwick ; Roger King , University of Bath ; Sharon Gander , Nottingham Trent University ; Steffen Böhm , University of Exeter , and Susan Harkness , University of Bath
Chancellor George Osborne has laid out his plans for UK spending for the next five years.
On the threshold of a new era?
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If you ignore the spoiling campaign being run by the press, the left-winger’s campaign platform begins to appear eminently sensible.
Boxing clever? Osborne delivers.
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July 8, 2015
Karen Rowlingson , University of Birmingham ; Alex Nurse , University of Liverpool ; Amanda Cahill-Ripley , Lancaster University ; Andre Spicer , City St George's, University of London ; Andrew Street , University of York ; Bruce Stafford , University of Nottingham ; Chris Rowley , City St George's, University of London ; Christopher Bovis , University of Hull ; David Spencer , University of Leeds ; Ian Brinkley , Lancaster University ; Michael Kitson , University of Cambridge ; Noel Whiteside , University of Warwick ; Prem Sikka , University of Essex ; Roger King , University of Bath ; Ronen Palan , City St George's, University of London ; Simon J Smith , University of Bath , and Siobhan Benita , University of Warwick
Instant reaction from academics as George Osborne delivers his post-election budget.
Hard hat area. Osborne will struggle to sell his version of growth.
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An economic recovery underpinned by household debt is storing up problems for an ideological chancellor.
WARNING WARNING.
Thomas Hawk
When discussing the state of the economy, politicians deploy two key tricks. First, get your excuses in early. Second, take all the credit for any good news but blame others for any bad news. David Cameron…
Having a ball: How politicians can make smiley happy people.
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The day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems – the problems of…
Crowd pleaser.
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George Osborne performed his main role at conference: to produce some good news to deflect attention from defection and deviance. Abolishing death taxes while targeting tax avoiders sounds good and the…
Deconstructing Britishness.
Paul Brennan
It is getting harder and harder to prove that you’re “truly British”. With immigration rarely off the front pages and UKIP making waves in election year, a national survey has shown that opinions are hardening…
A lucrative immigration problem: international students at the ISC.
Jirka Matousek
Immigration has risen to the top of the political agenda in the UK. And the popular press has been propelling the bandwagon. “We must stop the immigrant invasion” according to the Daily Express and “enough…
Green shoots?
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March 19, 2014
Karen Rowlingson , University of Birmingham ; Chris Martin , University of Bath ; Eleonora Belfiore , Loughborough University ; Jo Blanden , University of Surrey ; John Appleby , City St George's, University of London ; John Van Reenen , London School of Economics and Political Science ; Kenneth Gibb , University of Glasgow ; Michael Kitson , University of Cambridge ; Naomi Eisenstadt , University of Oxford ; Neil Carter , University of York ; Prem Sikka , University of Essex ; Richard Fairchild , University of Bath ; Richard Jones , University of Sheffield ; Rob Hayward , University of Brighton ; Suzy Moat , Warwick Business School, University of Warwick , and W David McCausland , University of Aberdeen
Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled his fourth budget. The blueprint for recovery includes wholesale changes to pensions and savings, attempts to boost business investment, new relief for the costs…
Osborne in the spotlight - what’s in the red box?
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The days leading up the budget are hectic as many in the Treasury are busy devising financial gimmicks to please the electorate. This forthcoming budget is particularly important as next year’s budget…
Hurry up Washington, the world it waiting.
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The US debt crisis is over for now, but legislators have just kicked the can down the road. In this series on the US debt ceiling, academics from Australia, the UK and the US assess the lingering global…
