Economics
Herman Daly obituary
Pioneering ecological economist who foresaw the catastrophic effects of unlimited economic growth
Peter Victor
11, Nov, 2022 @6:20 PM
Why be a poor version of Germany instead of doing what we do best? | Torsten Bell
Manufacturing is not our forte. But we are world beaters in services. Success will prove elusive until we recognise that
Torsten Bell
10, Jul, 2022 @8:00 AM
Jeremy Corbyn unites with direct action group Just Stop Oil
Former Labour leader’s Peace and Justice Project to be part of new climate and social justice movement
Matthew Taylor
16, Jun, 2022 @9:00 AM
Dick Sargent obituary
Other lives: Professor of economics who helped to democratise Warwick University
Geoff Renshaw
10, Jun, 2022 @5:42 PM
Underestimated: why young women are shying away from economics
Fewer young women are taking up economics study, and many who do are underestimating how good they are at it. It could have consequences far beyond the classroom
Rafqa Touma
15, Apr, 2022 @8:00 PM
Feeling the pinch? Go shoplifting! The Bristol art project tackling the cost of living crisis
From a glitzy ‘debt gala’ to a considerations about whether stealing is in fact ‘a radical act of commoning’, artist Rachael Clerke’s Transactionland aims to lift the lid on economics
Simon Usborne
09, Mar, 2022 @10:59 AM
Gill Clisham obituary
Other lives: Secretary of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research who worked for a wider understanding of economics
Alan Clisham
04, Feb, 2022 @5:33 PM
Clare Royce Spaventa obituary
Other lives: Economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome and Cambridge University who moved to Italy in the 1960s
Eleanor Spaventa
17, Dec, 2021 @6:17 PM
Reginald Green obituary
Other lives: Economist whose influential report for Unicef helped change western attitudes to South Africa’s apartheid regime
Richard Jolly
05, Nov, 2021 @5:52 PM
Research findings that are probably wrong cited far more than robust ones, study finds
Academics suspect papers with grabby conclusions are waved through more easily by reviewers
Ian Sample Science editor
21, May, 2021 @6:00 PM
Edwin Jones obituary
Other Lives: Academic specialising in the study of public administration who advised Jamaican governments across many years
Lindsay Stirton
06, May, 2021 @5:31 PM
Readers reply: how can the economy grow year on year without limit – and why is this desirable?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
21, Feb, 2021 @2:00 PM
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