Add to ORKGLast week's Comprehensive Spending Review detailed the largest cuts to public spending since the Second World War. In John Van Reenen’s judgement, the speed and scale of the cuts are not economically justified because the previous government’s plans would have also dealt with the deficit with much less danger to the economic recovery. The Review is also unjust, hitting the poor much harder than the rich
Today the IMF cast doubt on the Chancellor’s deficit reduction programme and new figures suggested t...
Today saw the announcement of 0.6 per cent GDP growth for the second quarter of this year, leading t...
Time is running out for the government to reverse the profligacy of the last four budgets, argues ST...
The UK’s Spending Review has been forced on the British Chancellor because weak economic growth has ...
Increasing numbers of liberal economists are gravely worried that the UK has made a wrong turn in ch...
Increasing numbers of liberal economists are gravely worried that the UK has made a wrong turn in ch...
Tim Leunig sees the emergence of a smaller state, but has concerns for growth prospects
An obsession with deficit reduction has diverted attention away from the need to revamp the UK’s ind...
John Van Reenen examines the economic and political implications of Moody’s stripping the UK of its ...
An obsession with deficit reduction has diverted attention away from the need to revamp the UK’s ind...
Reflecting on yesterday’s budget, John Van Reenen argues that an opportunity was missed. While there...
Tim Bale found yesterday’s budget depressingly ideological, driven by an attempt to stick to a scrip...
John Van Reenen reacts to the news today that the UK has avoided economic contraction in the last qu...
After the 2008 financial crisis, recession and subsequent collapse in government revenues, the UK's ...
With the threat of stagflation and interest rate rises, the current economic climate shows little si...
Today the IMF cast doubt on the Chancellor’s deficit reduction programme and new figures suggested t...
Today saw the announcement of 0.6 per cent GDP growth for the second quarter of this year, leading t...
Time is running out for the government to reverse the profligacy of the last four budgets, argues ST...
The UK’s Spending Review has been forced on the British Chancellor because weak economic growth has ...
Increasing numbers of liberal economists are gravely worried that the UK has made a wrong turn in ch...
Increasing numbers of liberal economists are gravely worried that the UK has made a wrong turn in ch...
Tim Leunig sees the emergence of a smaller state, but has concerns for growth prospects
An obsession with deficit reduction has diverted attention away from the need to revamp the UK’s ind...
John Van Reenen examines the economic and political implications of Moody’s stripping the UK of its ...
An obsession with deficit reduction has diverted attention away from the need to revamp the UK’s ind...
Reflecting on yesterday’s budget, John Van Reenen argues that an opportunity was missed. While there...
Tim Bale found yesterday’s budget depressingly ideological, driven by an attempt to stick to a scrip...
John Van Reenen reacts to the news today that the UK has avoided economic contraction in the last qu...
After the 2008 financial crisis, recession and subsequent collapse in government revenues, the UK's ...
With the threat of stagflation and interest rate rises, the current economic climate shows little si...
Today the IMF cast doubt on the Chancellor’s deficit reduction programme and new figures suggested t...
Today saw the announcement of 0.6 per cent GDP growth for the second quarter of this year, leading t...
Time is running out for the government to reverse the profligacy of the last four budgets, argues ST...