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Last Friday, the LSE Growth Commission released a new report setting out a blueprint for inclusive and sustainable growth in the UK, which deals with both old and new challenges. Related publications ... Read more...
02 March 2017
As the London School of Economics’ “Growth Commission” noted in a recent update on the UK economy, growing self-employment is eroding the incentives for companies to invest in training and sk... Read more...
01 March 2017
More jobs but lower living standards: that's been how most people have experienced Britain's economic performance since the financial crisis. ... The London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance has referr... Read more...
18 August 2016
How does the Treasury estimate for “losses” compare with other economists’? Many independent economists have suggests some reduction in GDP growth from Brexit, and a few have suggested po... Read more...
18 April 2016
British finance minister George Osborne said on Monday that a vote to leave the European Union could cost each household 4,300 pounds ($6,100) a year by the early 2030s. Following is a look at how he reached this conc... Read more...
The frustrating thing is that politicians seem quite happy to ignore evidence - even when they have helped to support the researchers who produced it. For example, when the chancellor George Osborne announced in his bud... Read more...
16 April 2016
''The fiscal target should be on balancing the books on current spending over the business cycle - just as it was when the Office for Budget Responsibility was first set up in 2010. Otherwise there will always be too mu... Read more...
17 March 2016
John Van Reenen, Director of the Centre for Economic Performance, gives his reaction to the 2016 Budget. The austerity approach continues, despite it having little economic sense. Fuel duty is frozen as a sweetener to hi... Read more...
16 March 2016
Two years ago George Osborne, chancellor, wished that a 'march of the makers' would help to lift the UK economy. But as the stagnation continues, there is little sign of an industrial revival. Professor John Van Reenen, ... Read more...
18 April 2013