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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
Launched by Bismarck over a century ago, German ‘public retirement insurance’ was not only the first but one of the most successful pension systems in... More
How much do people benefit financially from their higher education? According to new research by a team at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, published... More
Many OECD countries face potentially enormous fiscal liabilities if they fail to reform their public pension programmes in the immediate future. This... More
In 1990, there was one pensioner in the UK for every four workers. By 2030, it is estimated that there will be nearly two pensioners for every five... More
The Chinese famine of 1959–61 resulted in the deaths of up to 30 million people. In terms of human suffering, there is little doubt that it was the... More
The steep devaluation of the Mexican peso on 20 December 1994 resulted in a financial sector crisis from which the country is still recovering. The... More
Looming disaster - a possible future financial crisis or rising costs of reform - does not always seem to provoke agreement on financial packages... More
Returns on the UK stock market have been predictable over the last 25 years, according to new research by Professors Hashem Pesaran and Allan... More
Much of the opposition to immigration comes from the idea that immigrants take jobs that could be done by ‘native’ workers. But according to new... More
In sovereign liquidity crises like Mexico in 1994/5 and several East Asian countries in 1997/8, how can the IMF avoid being manoeuvred into supplying... More
What changed during the 1990s to account for the frequency and severity of financial crises in emerging markets? Will there be more crises in the... More
It is well known that wage inequality has risen sharply over the last two decades in Britain. It is perhaps less well known that differences between... More
In the last few years, the world economy has been hit by a series of financial crises in Brazil, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Thailand and... More
What happened in South East Asia in 1997? After years of growth, some of the world's most successful economies had severe crises in which stock... More
The World Bank must press on with its evolution into an effective ‘Knowledge Bank’, according to Christopher Gilbert, Andrew Powell and David Vines,... More
As we enter the next millennium, the challenges facing the World Bank remain as great as ever. While there has been great progress in reducing... More
The well-being of Europe’s children is being overlooked in the rush towards integration, according to new research by John Micklewright and Kitty... More
Are exchange rates ultimately tied down by economic fundamentals? Or are they free to drift at random on a sea of speculation? Writing in the latest... More
The IMF’s role in developing countries has evolved far beyond its original task of managing economic crises, taking it into areas way outside its... More
Economic growth that is based on the accumulation of human capital through education will be accompanied by increased income equality and increased... More