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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
The introduction of the UK’s new minimum wage of £3.60 on 1 April 1999 has again sparked debate about its likely effects on employment. Standard... More
Workers and authors of career guides are convinced that companies don’t offer enough training opportunities: those employers that do are considered... More
Revolution of the international financial system is unnecessary; the present system has been instrumental in producing more prosperity for more people... More
The volume of electronic commerce - which already accounts for around $1.5 billion a year, following the phenomenal growth of the Internet - is likely... More
Britain’s first ever National Minimum Wage (NMW) comes into force this April at a rate of £3.60 an hour for those aged 22 plus and £3.00 an hour for... More
It has become conventional wisdom that far-reaching labour market deregulation is the only remedy for high European unemployment. But according to... More
What is the impact of monetary policy cooperation between countries - either with or without a common currency - on labour market reform, inflation... More
Many people fear that globalisation - increased international trade and economic integration - will inevitably put downward pressure on the wages of... More
The demographic structures of European countries will change significantly over the next few decades and this will have major economic effects,... More
If resident and non-resident investors in individual EU countries faced the same tax rates on their interest income, then tax evasion would be... More
What time of day do people work? According to Professor Dan Hamermesh, analysing data on American workers in the January 1999 issue of Economic... More
Having a literate person in the household is the low-tech counterpart of having a computer. Everybody benefits - especially, it seems, if the literate... More
Within days of Labour’s 1997 election victory, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, radically changed the framework for the development... More
Transparency and commitment are essential to any independent and inflation targeting central bank - and even more so for the European Central Bank... More
Research published in the November issue of the Economic Journal explains how differences of opinion - and therefore expectations - drive trading in... More
Is irrelevance a major problem with contemporary economics? Writing in the November issue of the Economic Journal, Professor Paul Krugman provides a... More
Political campaign advisers usually recommend that their clients adopt moderate policies in order to increase their chances of being elected. But... More
The new UK monetary policy arrangements, and the Chancellor’s remit to the Bank of England in particular, have been criticised on the grounds that... More
Having a literate person in the household is the low-tech counterpart of having a computer. Everybody benefits - especially, it seems, if the literate... More
The contrast between the recent growth performance of East Asia at one extreme and sub-Saharan Africa at the other is striking. But what explains this... More