Ideas for a fair, sustainable and resilient economy

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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The Timms Review

Tracing the recent history of disability benefit reform and asking what sustainable, progressive change might look like.

Can fiscal devolution regenerate the economy?

Exploring the history of fiscal devolution in England, the reforms now on the table, and what a genuinely decentralised state could mean for the UK’s economic development.

De-dollarization

Is ‘de-dollarization’ on the horizon, and what could it mean for the global economy?

Hospitality in the UK

Exploring the economics of the UK's struggling hospitality sector.

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