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Coverage from 2026

Financial Times
Without a resilient economy, central banks have limited choices

Swati Dhingra writes that responding to geopolitical or climate-related supply shocks after the fact is never as effective as taking preventative action. ... Read more...

28 September 2026

FE Week
Growth sectors need skills, but employer investment's falling

Sandra McNally, Anna Valero and Aadya Bahl outline their Skills for Growth report for FE Week, exploring how international evidence points towards a more coordinated, sector-led approach to reversing the long-term declin... Read more...

25 September 2026

Inside Housing
A 'default yes' near stations is welcome, but let's take it further

A presumption is favour of development is a good thing, but the government should be more targeted in where it encourages growth, write Nikhil Datta and Amrita Kulka. ... Read more...

25 August 2026

Financial Times
UK finally showing signs of productivity growth, say economists

John Van Reenen, a London School of Economics professor and former chair of Reeves’ council of economic advisers, estimates that annualised productivity growth is running at 1.6 per cent from the third quarter of 2... Read more...

20 August 2026

The Guardian
A positive new report raises the question: was Reeves undermined by dodgy data?

New measures of productivity published by John Van Reenen, Anna Valero and Niki Barbas show a "meaningful pickup" in productivity, as highlighted by Heather Stewart in her column. ... Read more...

17 August 2026

Project Syndicate
Why is Europe's economy falling short?

MIT's Simon Johnson sits down with fellow Nobel laureate economist Philippe Aghion to examine what ails Europe and how to revive its dynamism. ... Read more...

10 June 2026

Project Syndicate
The mismeasurement of Europe's productivity

Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud and Luis Garicano argue that using purchasing power parity to compare US and European economies is misleading, saying that Europe does have a real productivity problem.  ... Read more...

29 May 2026

Financial Times
What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?

Peter Lambert and Yannick Schindler's research into reasons for a fall in entry-level hiring, shows the drop off began after Covid and before AI, John Burn-Murdoch discusses their findings in his Data Points column. ... Read more...

29 May 2026

Aeon
Make immigration boring

Alan Manning writes about the polarised debate on migration and points a way towards setting out a clearer way of thinking about the issue. ... Read more...

21 May 2026

Schools Week
'No excuses' doctrine means zero insight into barriers a child faces

Lee Elliot Major writes about the use of vulnerability indices in schools to find a way to identify the barriers that may hinder children's learning. ... Read more...

2 April 2026

The Guardian
No, private schools aren?t victims of `reverse discrimination? ? and Cambridge should know better

In an article for The Guardian, Lee Major Elliot writes how Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the ba... Read more...

10 January 2026