Recent General Interest Articles

1. 

   Philip Haynes on Quantitative Easing

   Philip Haynes recently submitted evidence to the Treasury Select Committee on Quantitative Easing. Why not take a look?

2. 

   Interview with Julian Reiss, author of Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction

   In recent years, certain economic realities—the financial crisis, for example—have challenged the assumptions, methods, and models economists have used to interpret empirically observable facts that make up “the economy”. Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction by Julian Reiss (April 2013) introduces readers to the field in which many of those challenges are now being articulated. Questions of ethics, of the nature of human rationality when faced with economic decision-making, and of the verifiability of economic models are all now being asked anew about economic practices and decisions. This interview hopes to open those questions to all curious readers. Click here to read the full Q&A.  

3. Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award for Higher Education

   Congratulations to John Goddard, co-author of The University and the City, for being awarded the Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award for Higher Education!

4. Support-Bargaining, Economics and Society

   Individual or group? Should the individual be subordinate to the group; or should individual freedom prevail? Nietsche or Marx? Right wing or left wing? The conflict is pervasive in human society. Patrick Spead's latest research, 'Support-Bargaining, Economics and Society: A Social Species', seeks to offer new insight into the argument. Read a summary of his perspective, published in the World Economics Association Newsletter.

5. Top 25 Popular Economics Blogs

   Check out a range of economics blogs covering everything from accounting and finance to public policy: http://www.accountingdegree.com/blog/2012/top-25-popular-economics-blogs/

6. The Green Economy post-Rio+20

   How can economics achieve "green growth"? Read Edward Barbier's Policy Forum, "The Green Economy post-Rio+20", published by Science Magazine. Edward Barbier is the co-author of 'A New Blueprint for a Green Economy'.

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   Susanne Soederberg Awarded the Rik Davidson/Studies in Political Economy Book Prize

   Congratulations to Susanne Soederberg, the author of Corporate Power and Ownership in Contemporary Capitalism. The book was recently awarded the Rik Davidson/Studies in Political Economy Book Prize.

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