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Boxing clever? Osborne delivers. Andy Rain/EPA

Budget 2015: Experts respond

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.
She speaks. Russell Boyce/POOL/EPA

Queen’s speech 2015: the experts respond

Helen Fenwick, Durham University; Alex Nurse, University of Liverpool; Andrew Street, University of York; Anya Ahmed, University of Salford; Arman Sarvarian, University of Surrey; Benjamin Bowman, University of Bath; Caitlin McLean, Glasgow Caledonian University; Imran Awan, Birmingham City University; Katharine Jones, Coventry University; Michael Emerson, Centre for European Policy Studies; Michael Jopling, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Peter Lynch, University of Stirling; Prem Sikka, University of Essex; Roy Sainsbury, University of York, and Stephen Roper, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Academic experts break down the bills in the Queen’s speech and get to grips with the new Conservative government’s agenda.
Take five. Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Budget 2015: experts respond

Tony Yates, University of Bristol; David Spencer, University of Leeds; Gordon Fletcher, University of Salford; Jonquil Lowe, The Open University; Karen Rowlingson, University of Birmingham; Kate Pickett, University of York; Paul Wakeling, University of York; Prem Sikka, University of Essex; Steffen Böhm, University of Exeter, and Stephen Roper, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

George Osborne has delivered his fifth and final budget before the general election. Our academic experts respond.
Elite retreat. World Economic Forum

Davos delegates don’t care about inequality or your debt

Prem Sikka, University of Essex

The world’s rich and powerful are gathering for the World Economic Forum at the Swiss ski resort of Davos to discuss, and hopefully find solutions to, the world’s economic and social problems. The 45th…
The world’s oldest bank, Banca Monte dei Paschi di in Siena, is now battling to survive, after failing the ECB’s stress tests. EPA/Carlo Ferraro

EBA stress test needs to use tougher metrics when assessing banks’ solvency

Prem Sikka, University of Essex

The results of the long-awaited European Banking Association (EBA) “stress tests” show that 25 banks were found wanting. Altogether, the banks were about €25 billion short of the capital required to be…
In the balance. Tesco’s woes draw in its auditors as the shares plunge. Andy Rain/EPA

Trolley load of trouble in store for Tesco and its bean counters

Prem Sikka, University of Essex

The news that Tesco overstated its half-year profit guidance by £250m has sent the company’s share price tumbling – and poses serious questions about its auditing and corporate governance. The company…

New rules on banker bonuses are more bark than bite

Prem Sikka, University of Essex

The 2007-2008 banking crash ushered in an era of austerity and pay freezes, but bank executives have continued to enjoy disproportionate rewards even though their institutions have been bailed out by taxpayers…

Big accountancy firms have a human rights problem

Prem Sikka, University of Essex

Protest and dissent are the foundation stones of modern societies and have helped secure a measure of democracy and human rights. Against all the odds, ordinary people have struggled to secure universal…

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