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Jonathan Haskell and Matthew J Slaughter write for Foreign Affairs about Trump's tariffs and the prices of economic uncertainty. ... Read more...
10 June 2025
Daniel Chandler writes that to address the vast inequalities in the United States, a fundamental rethink of economic institutions and the values that guide them is needed. ... Read more...
14 May 2024
The German bombing offensive brings lessons about worker density and zoning restrictions in London - and perhaps New York and Tokyo, write Gerard Dericks and Hans Koster. ... Read more...
25 June 2018
The welfare sector faces major financial challenges. One way to streamline public procurement is to introduce standardized agreements. It considers researchers Nima Sanandaji and Gabriel Heller Sahlgren. &n... Read more...
15 May 2018
Of all economic indicators, a high employment rate is most likely to correlate with greater happiness, according to researchers. The London School of Economics consulted 29 academics, of whom 24 agreed that em... Read more...
12 May 2018
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The possible options for the long-term economic partnership range along a wide spectrum – from a European Economic Area-type broad-based single market access, through a Canada-type free trade agreement, ... Read more...
19 December 2017
A study by economists at the London School of Economics has estimated the damage could be as great as 9.5 per cent of GDP if the UK leaves the EU without a free trade deal. Related article ‘Th... Read more...
26 September 2017
London and Edinburgh also ranked in the top ten list compiled by researchers at the Centre for Cities and the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics. Related publications ... Read more...
27 July 2017
While the Prime Minister seems to understand that trade with the European Union is sizeable, she also seems to be under the illusion that Britain can pick and choose during the Brexit negotiations. L... Read more...
26 July 2017
At which point a little thumbnail sketch of what we're worried about in the US labour market. Traditionally the US has had very little long term unemployment. Sure, the general rate rose in recessions, fel... Read more...
07 July 2017
Swati Dhingra, of the LSE, said: “There is near consensus among economists that the hard – or chaotic – form of Brexit…would hurt the UK economy. Although there was little immediate ec... Read more...
22 June 2017
Many commentators are throwing out numbers about the negative impact of Brexit on GDP growth and income across Europe. The Center for Economic Performance has concluded that every EU member will lose income af... Read more...
20 June 2017
19 June 2017
Economists from the London School of Economics have estimated that the WTO route would cause an almost 10 per cent hit to UK GDP by 2030. Also in: The i Paper Failure to secure trade deal 'would o... Read more...
02 March 2017
A nasty mix of neoliberalism and the Tories’ austerity policies are having appalling effects on our children’s health and welfare And so we come to the present day, with a 10-year anniversary pr... Read more...
10 January 2017
There is considerable geographical variation in the opportunities available to disadvantaged children in the United States, according to research by Raj Chetty, who delivered the 2016 Lionel Robbins Memorial L... Read more...
06 January 2017
Brexit and the uncertainties surrounding it present an unprecedented challenge, writes Anna Valero In his first Autumn Statement (and last – since he has decided to abolish them in favour of an annua... Read more...
24 November 2016
EXCLUSIVE: An analysis by The Independent of official data suggests British exporters would face a cost of at least £4.5bn - and in all likelihood they would take a hit many times larger A separate analysis by th... Read more...
23 September 2016
Education is not just a vital cornerstone of our culture and economy, it is also potentially one of the great social levellers. However rich or poor our parents, however supportive or dysfunctional our families, a high-q... Read more...
02 August 2016
UK's EU exit will make transatlantic trade talks even tougher. ''There's every reason to believe that the right-wing lurch of Brexit could turn the U.K. into a paradise for free market capitalism: a TTIP on steroids,'' ... Read more...
28 June 2016
Investors who strongly favour green energy make less thorough location searches, writes Yatang Lin Wind power is becoming an increasingly important part of the US energy mix, taking up more than four per cent of the tot... Read more...
19 April 2016
Article by Jonathan Wadsworth Welcome back. The Bank of England has a regular labour market commentary in its quarterly bulletin in which it looks at issues that may influence productivity, wage pressure and hence infla... Read more...
18 April 2016
In the latest State of Working Britain blog, editor Professor Jonathan Wadsworth writes: Common Mis-Perceptions About Recent UK Labour Market Performance No 1. A Record number of people in work The opening sentenc... Read more...
01 March 2016
Latest State of Working Britain blog by Jonathan Wadsworth The central message is that it would be wrong to conclude from analysis of the net change in employment that migrants take all new jobs. Rather the net change i... Read more...
09 February 2016
In the first of a new blog from LSE's Centre for Economic Performance, Jonathan Wadsworth comments on the issue of full employment in the UK. This article was published online by the CEP's The State of Working Britain b... Read more...
26 January 2016
How common is benefits tourism? Numbers of migrants and recipients of non-contributory benefits have both risen. ... there seems to be a (weak) correlation between generous non-contributory benefits and numbers of inact... Read more...
14 November 2014
The future of innovation: two visions Article by Luis Garicano Luis Garicano says that productivity growth is the key to economic growth. This article was published by El Pais on October 12, 2014 Link to article he... Read more...
12 October 2014
Article by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and Michael I. Norton We find evidence that the life satisfaction of individuals is between two and eight times more sensitive to negative growth as compared to positive economic growth. ... Read more...
09 October 2014
Eine Analyse des Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) an der London School of Economics kommt zu dem Ergebnis: Die Isolation von Europa konnte GroBbritannien harter treffen als die Finanzkrise 2007. An analysis of the ... Read more...
19 August 2014