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Behind the news: Trade
Brexit has been an economic failure: here?s the evidence
Putting up trade barriers has made the UK poorer... Read more...
Behind the news: The Nobel Prize
Philippe Aghion: explaining sustained growth through creative destruction
How the study of innovation and competition has been transformed. Read more...
Behind the news: Tariffs
How the US-China trade conflict boosted exports and employment in Mexico
Lower-paid workers in Mexican firms gained as exports shifted. Read more...
Behind the news: Wellbeing
Investing in mental health: the economic benefits of NHS talking therapies
What are the effects of psychological therapies on patients? employment and earnings? In the first analysis of this question using nationally representative data, Klaudia Rzepnicka, Emma Sharland, Marta Rossa, Ted Dolby,... Read more...
Behind the news: Trade
How China?s rise has shaped innovation and exit among European solar firms
Should policymakers protect European firms by restricting imports of solar technology from China? Pia Andres finds that Chinese competition has resulted in many European firms going out of business, but it has also promp... Read more...
Behind the news: Wellbeing
Spending public money to create happier lives
Choosing policies that most improve wellbeing would radically change government priorities. David Frayman, Christian Krekel, Richard Layard, Sara MacLennan and Isaac Parkes explain the science behind the new approach. Read more...