economics

Monday 6th February

Why the gender pay gap matters

Ray Filar, 6 February 2012
With so many families in Britain struggling in the face of the Coalition's austerity measures, wage inequalities between men and women seem low down on almost everyone's agenda. But as increasing numbers of households depend on women’s wages, equal pay for equal work is a more pertinent demand than ever, says Ray Filar
Wednesday 14th December

Threat to opportunity: the new logic of climate policy

Andrew Bowman, 14 December 2011
In the clutches of recession, the Ryanair chief executive may now breathe a sigh of relief as binding emission reductions seem further off than ever before. Now, the only thinkable solutions to climate change are those which also provide an immediate, tangible boost to economic growth. But can market logic provide the solution to this ever-escalating crisis?
Tuesday 6th December

Taxation: Bahrain's alternative path to political reform

Hasan Tariq Alhasan, 6 December 2011
Bahrain's uprising was curtailed by a brutal crackdown. Could the rising sectarianism and tense Sunni-Shia divide be reversed through taxation?
Tuesday 15th November

The Russian banking system: between the market and the state

Pavel Usanov, 15 November 2011
For the last 20 years Russian attitudes to banks have been ambivalent. From no trust at all to feverish delight at the interest rates delivered by the oil boom and back to severe doubts during the recent crisis period. Competition needs to develop and the banks need to come out of the hands of the state, says Pavel Usanov
Wednesday 12th January

The German left’s defence of Europe

Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos, 12 January 2011
While Angela Merkel opts for a narrow definition of the German interest, the opposition champions a return to European collectivism based on leftist values
Monday 29th November

Are higher tuition fees justified?

Chris Goodall, 29 November 2010
Are higher tuition fees justified by the cost of providing undergraduate education? Chris Goodall breaks down the cost of one sought-after degree course, and comes to some controversial conclusions.
Wednesday 12th May

Kickstarting the Kyrgyz economy

Baktybek Abdrisaev, Alexey Semyonov, and Robert Livingston, 12 May 2010
On 8 April 2010 Kyrgyzstan experienced its second revolution in five years. The corrupt regime of President Bakiev fell as citizens rebelled after government troops opened fire on protesters, killing more than 80 people and wounding 1500. The new interim government is now preparing elections.
Monday 3rd May

Remembering Gaidar, man of many talents

Marek Dabrowski, 3 May 2010
Unfairly savaged by Russian populists, Russia’s radical reformer was a brilliant technocrat, a rigorous academic, and a good man. Marek Dabrowski remembers his friend Yegor Gaidar.
Thursday 8th April

In search of honest money

Malcolm Ramsay, 8 April 2010
Making money work for society will require splitting out its three roles
Monday 15th March

Recovery requires redistribution

Tim Bending, 15 March 2010
As governments everywhere struggle with cutting deficits without hammering the recovery from the financial crisis, a new book argues that Keynes has had the solution for a long time.
Monday 28th December

Not poverty, but lack of freedom

Andrei Zaostrovtsev, 28 December 2009
International economic indicators suggest that Russia’s problems are not those of the developing world. Relatively speaking, its people are not poor. But its economy is just not free
Monday 19th October

Killing aid

Chola Mukanga, 19 October 2009
The anti-aid argument is too crude, says Chola Mukanga

What can be learnt from piracy

Daniele Archibugi, 19 October 2009
Daniele Archibugi reflects on a new history of piracy
Friday 9th October

Brodbeck on Bentham

Peter Johnson, 9 October 2009
Does the institution of money transform us through becoming the metaphor for all social relations, or is money universal because all is exchange?
Wednesday 7th October

Interview with James Galbraith

7 October 2009
James Galbraith talks about Paul Krugman's NYT article, "How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?",  the academic discipline after the crash, the forgotten traditions in economics, the economics and law of fraud and much else over breakfast at the Goodenough Club
Monday 21st September

Cash flow in the Gaza Strip

Sami Abu Shamalla, 21 September 2009
The military offensive against Gaza was the latest stage in a calculated assault on the feasibility of a Palestinian state, and in particular a viable Palestinian economy
Tuesday 8th September

How should the economy be regulated?

Rich Rosen, 8 September 2009
Finance is meant to provide capital for investment; in the US, Public Utility Commissions have developed a working model of doing this in a democratically accountable way. Lessons for a new economy

The Rule of Money

Peter Johnson, 8 September 2009
Economics is a branch of ethics, not science. Karl-Heinz Brodbeck's new book argues that this confusion has enslaved us to an amoral system of imaginary laws and dictates whose central pillar is money in the competitive market
Thursday 3rd September

A global financial detox

Saskia Sassen, 3 September 2009
A "small-is-beautiful" reform could begin to cure the fatal addiction to giant credit sources
Tuesday 11th August

Russia’s economy – normal remedies won’t work

Dmitri Travin, 11 August 2009
Vladimir Putin fears the fall of the ruble more than he does his political opponents
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