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The Illusion of Growth
Why Government Spending Won't Fix the UK Economy

Elias Sanchez
Mar 95 min read


Angola's Oil Dependency
How Green Alternatives Can Help Diversify the Economy

Ethan Templeton
Feb 1414 min read


Let’s put debt issuance into the hands of technocrats
An independent institution could optimise fiscal policy for the benefit of both the taxpayer and the investor

Hubert Kucharski
Feb 147 min read


Tickled Pink for Trump
The incessant cries of ‘America First’ can only be associated with one man: President Donald Trump

Natasha Dawson
Jan 304 min read


Fitter, Happier, More Productive
Concerned (but Powerless), an empowered and informed member of society

Nicolas Padula Pinho
Jan 92 min read


Gains mean Growth
 If we learn to embrace new, robust economics, we’ll finally stop playing catch-up and remember what it feels like to lead by example

Diogo Ferreira
Jan 35 min read


Is 6% too much?
Why a private school tax does too little to address educational imbalances

Tom Buckley
Jan 23 min read


Leeds 2030: The Journey to Net Zero
From electric cars to LED streetlights, can Leeds meet its ambitious Net Zero target in time?

Alicia Coope
Dec 2, 20243 min read


Leeds Pint Index (October Edition)
We kickstart the index with a popular pub of choice: The Library (Image source: Tripadvisor)

Joseph Clark
Nov 30, 20243 min read


Beyond the Nuclear Deal
Trump, the JCPOA, and Nuclear Deterrence

Orestis Prionidis
Nov 26, 20244 min read


Rebuilding State Education: Will Labour Deliver?
A Tax on Aspiration: How Labour’s Budget Misses the Mark on Real Educational Reform

Kavya Sharma
Nov 22, 20245 min read


Democrats lost, Labour is next.
Unless Sir Keir can bring his party into the 21st century.

Nicolas Padula Pinho
Nov 13, 20244 min read


The Clash Over Capitalism
How Different Theories Shape Our World

Elias Sanchez
Nov 2, 20244 min read


Let's replace bond vigilantes with proper debt policing
Rachel Reeves must avoid becoming a target for opportunistic investors

Hubert Kucharski
Oct 30, 20245 min read


Introducing, the Leeds Pint Index
Every slice of bread is a sad story of wheat that never became beer

Hubert Kucharski
Sep 20, 20243 min read


Lessons from Kabul
Assessing the failures of nation-building in Afghanistan

Orestis Prionidis
Jul 24, 20245 min read


There is no ‘Holy Grail’ in Economic Policymaking
There will be no mention of amputated knights or killer rabbits in this article, the economist's search for the holy grail is a bit more boring.

Hubert Kucharski
Jul 13, 20244 min read


There’s an extra £40bn of lost fiscal space
It's lodged behind the government’s budgetary sofa, and Farage is the only one looking for it

Hubert Kucharski
Jul 7, 20245 min read


The Treasury is paying for the Bank's dinner dates
Expensive bills and complicated relationship dynamics inbound, readers, brace yourselves

Hubert Kucharski
Jun 20, 20245 min read


Strength through Specialisation
Defence as Remedy for the Productivity Gap

Joseph Clark
May 6, 20243 min read


Did the Bank of England fail to understand QE?
There's a lot of debate surrounding inflation, so let's look at the causes

Hubert Kucharski
May 3, 20245 min read


United We Stand?
How Wales’ Position in the UK Needs to Change
Scott Harris
Apr 9, 20245 min read


Failing to Deliver
What the Post Office scandal teaches us about deficiencies in outsourcing, accountability, and state capacity in the UK.

William Caruana-Klasson
Mar 28, 20244 min read


Rebels, Not Gangsters? Haiti’s Political Crisis
The gangs in Haiti have always been intrinsically political.
Liam Greenacre
Mar 23, 20243 min read


The Bank of England has spent its valentines with a QT
With QE no longer on the block, the Bank has set its sights on an unconventional programme of tightening measures.

Hubert Kucharski
Feb 27, 20245 min read


To Divest or not to Divest, that is the question
Does the process of divesting from fossil fuels actually have an impact on climate change, or does it just open the door for unethical investors?

Stephen Frank
Feb 27, 20243 min read


Selling England by the Pound
The hidden scandal of how Britain sells off its history

Yotam Havkin
Feb 19, 20243 min read


Navigating the String of Pearls
Strategies for India to Secure the Indian Ocean

Ethan Templeton
Mar 1611 min read
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