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Over the last decade the world has experienced a series of profound economic problems - from the financial crash to the climate crisis, from rising inequality to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Economics is changing to try and solve these problems.
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What was this Budget really about?

Fiscal Policy
27.11.2025
We go a little deeper than your usual post-Budget summaries and ask: why are we in this mess, and how do we get out of it?
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The AI bubble

Finance
20.11.25
Exploring how the fallout from an AI bust might affect the UK.

The National Wealth Fund: one year in

Industrial Strategy
13.11.25
Exploring how the National Wealth fund has developed so far, whether its ambition matches the scale of the challenges facing the UK economy, and how to increase its impact. 

A new dawn for private renting?

Housing
5.11.25
Taking a closer look at the Renters' Rights Act and whether it lives up to the government’s billing.

What we can learn from the Carer’s Allowance scandal

29.10.25
On the International Day of Care and Support, this week’s NEB explores what the scandal tells us about how our economy and society undervalue care.
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