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The chances of a company being found guilty of abuse of a monopoly position by the UK’s Competition Commission increase enormously if the chair of the... More
The stock market and the unemployment rate are like two drunks walking down the street tied together with a rope, according to Professor Roger Farmer,... More
Governments and central banks should think twice before designing policies aimed at the housing market in an effort to stimulate household demand and... More
Raising the compulsory school leaving age in the UK is likely to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy, currently among the highest in Europe. That is... More
A temporary policy of removing penalties for possessing cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth increased the number of admissions to hospital for... More
Defined benefit pensions in the public sector are worth more as a share of the total remuneration package than they are in the private... More
High savings need not – and should not – lead to crises, according to Professor Max Corden, writing in the November 2009 Economic Journal. So it is... More
Moderate levels of means-testing for state pension benefits can be a useful way of providing every UK household with a sufficient income in retirement... More
Contrary to conventional wisdom, campaign donations by special interests actually promote the democratic process. That is the conclusion of research... More
The amount of money other people give to charity has a big impact on our own charitable giving, according to research by Jen Shang and Rachel Croson,... More
Emotions such as anger and guilt can have a powerful impact on the decisions we make about whether to benefit ourselves at the expense of our clients,... More
In times of financial market turbulence, central banks seek to ‘supply liquidity’, both by bolstering overall market liquidity and by improving the... More
The reckless policies of big banks may have been affected by competition with smaller and riskier organisations in the financial industries, such as... More
Less democratic countries not only fail to sustain growth, but also see its fruits undone by large slowdowns or periods of decline that follow their... More
In ‘normal’ times, most small firms, most of the time, get what they seek in terms of outside finance. That is the central finding of a study of the... More
Government outsourcing to the private sector is most cost effective in advanced economies when it is used to deliver high technology products or to... More
Ideological positions such as racism, which are held by a minority of the voters in a democracy, may prevail when society is divided over economic... More
Should multinational firms looking to sell into an overseas market do so by exporting goods to that country or by foreign direct investment, building... More
Economies without free and democratic institutions unambiguously fall into poverty. To grow out of poverty, countries need free elections – but they... More
Conflict is often used as a bargaining option, not simply as a final option. Conflict can reveal relative power that might otherwise have been hidden,... More
The desire to stand out in the job market is increasingly leading people to develop free and socially useful products such as open source software.... More
Successful entrepreneurs typically have a past as discontented employees in large, resourceful but bureaucratic organisations, according to research... More
Once a country reaches a reasonable standard of living, consumption goes increasingly on status symbols with no intrinsic value – such as lavish... More
Talented employees are often over-hyped by their managers to ensure that they put in enough effort. At the same time, less talented employees are... More
Economies without free and democratic institutions unambiguously fall into poverty. To grow out of poverty, countries need free elections – but they... More