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Patterns of sustainable specialization and trade

A new paradigm for understanding unemployment and recessions.
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The future of European Monetary Union

John Chown on the background behind the Eurozone crisis and the currency's long-term prospects.
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The law of opposites: Illusory profits in the financial sector

How bad accounting regulation has created illusory profits and perverse incentives for banks.
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Renewable energy: Vision or mirage?

Can renewable energy deliver for the UK's energy needs? This report assesses the potential in renewable energy and finds that there is no prospect that renewable energy will be able to provide.
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Patterns of sustainable specialization and trade

Written by Sam Bowman

We've just released a new paper by Arnold Kling, "Patterns of Sustainable Specialization and Trade: A Smith-Ricardo... Read on
Euros and sense

Written by Tim Ambler

In all the panicky talk of haircuts and economic Armageddon, it might be wise to step back and consider the two basic... Read on
Sugar: the new monster under the bed

Written by Chris Snowdon

In their ongoing campaign for plain packaging of cigarettes, Action on Smoking and Health have dismissed fears of a... Read on

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Will 2012 see the death of freedom and privacy online in Britain?

Tuesday 7 February 2012
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More Sex is Safer Sex - and Other Surprises from Economic Theory

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