The magazine of The Centre for Economic Performance
The Centre's magazine features new research and policy ideas from the CEP. CentrePiece articles examine economic challenges and highlight ways to create a fair, inclusive and sustainable society. Published three times a year. Contact Cep.Centrepiece@lse.ac.uk.
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On the cover: AI
AI or remote working: which broke the career ladder?
Disentangling the reasons for the sharp fall in entry-level hiring... Read more...
Behind the news: Trade
Tariff confusion
The way that US tariffs were announced doubled their negative impact... Read more...
Research: Trade
Maritime chokepoints
World trade remains dangerously dependent on a handful of shipping lanes... Read more...
Research: Electric vehicles
EV growth driven by batteries, not oil shocks
As the electric vehicle network reaches a tipping point, the economics changes and the link with oil prices breaks... Read more...
Research: Gender
The childcare track
One in three women and one in six men leave academia after becoming a parent... Read more...
Why we need: Replication games
The robustness of doubt
Why replication games are a public good... Read more...
Policy: Planning
Why don't we have nicer buildings?
Distinctive urban architecture is a benefit, but few want to pay for it... Read more...
Policy: Energy crisis
Firms are leaving major energy savings on the table
Some use 20 times more energy than their peers to produce the same output... Read more...
Why we need: An economics media centre
Did Brexit make us better at communicating economics?
What happens when evidence meets lived experience... Read more...
Back pages: In numbers
Teachers are at their strictest in middle age
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Back pages: Q&A
Can economics help to deter thefts of catalytic converters?
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My must-read paper: Wellbeing
My must-read paper
Richard Layard recommends the paper that pioneered wellbeing economics... Read more...
Current issue
In the Autumn 2026 edition of CentrePiece:
AI or remote working: which broke the career ladder? / Tariff confusion / Trade routes / The rise of EVs / Replication games / Subsidising great design / Women leaving academia / Firms saving energy / Brexit and economics communication / Tackling theft using economics / Teacher leniency / Richard Layard's must-read paper