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Friday, 24 November, 2023

Autumn Statement
How to fix Britain’s flashy economic announcements
I enjoy the circus — but if I were running the show, I would do things a little differently
Friday, 17 November, 2023

Greedflation
The ‘greedflation’ question: what have we learnt?
A quest for evidence supporting this theory has had mixed success
Thursday, 2 November, 2023

US interest rates
Why people can’t agree on where interest rates are going
Methods of estimating so-called R-star are in the spotlight — unfortunately, none are good
Thursday, 26 October, 2023

Rachel Reeves
New book from UK shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves lifts from Wikipedia
‘The Women Who Made Modern Economics’ contains examples of apparent plagiarism
Thursday, 26 October, 2023

ReviewEconomics books
The Women Who Made Modern Economics by Rachel Reeves — credit where it’s due?
Part history, part manifesto, the shadow chancellor’s new book highlights brilliant female economists, but borrows without acknowledgment
Friday, 20 October, 2023

UK society
Forgotten to return your library book? Don’t worry about it
Fines are falling out of fashion but some institutions don’t want to lose the cash that hoarders bring in
Friday, 13 October, 2023

Workplace diversity & equality
Claudia Goldin transformed our understanding of women and work
The winner of the Nobel Prize in economic sciences has explored expectations, incentives and constraints
Friday, 6 October, 2023

Innovation
How long can the entrepreneurship boom last?
America’s surge in new businesses is so far enduring, but the UK has returned to its pre-pandemic trend
Friday, 29 September, 2023

Coronavirus economic impact
What happened to the savings squirrelled away during the pandemic?
Betting against the American consumer is bold. But there are signs that the source of their spree may be drying up
Thursday, 21 September, 2023

State pension
How to save your state pension
Means testing in the UK is not inevitable — this is the way to push back
Friday, 15 September, 2023

ReviewBooks
The Two-Parent Privilege — we need to talk about kids with single parents
Melissa S Kearney looks at how the startling shift affecting American families disadvantages children and exacerbates inequality
Friday, 15 September, 2023

Central banks
Will higher interest rates leave economic scars?
Two new studies argue that even if they depress inflation, they could hurt innovation and growth
Friday, 8 September, 2023

Parenting and families
Motherhood is full of surprises — the economic ones sting the most
The centrality of children to the earnings gap between men and women remains mind-boggling
Tuesday, 22 August, 2023

Arts
The economics of acting
Just how difficult can it be? Very — and for most actors outside the A-list there just isn’t very much work to be had
Thursday, 10 August, 2023

Behavioural economics
Behavioural scientists suffer from bias — but so do their critics
Nudge theorists, riding high for the past decade, may have been overselling their wares
Friday, 28 July, 2023

UK economy
Are bad vibes holding back the British economy?
The question of whether trash talk really harms the country is not as mad as it appears