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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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Algirdas Semeta: European Commissioner as East End schmutter salesman

Written by Tim Worstall

You know that a politician is losing it when he comes aross as an East End schmutter salesman: you know the line, never... Read on
Could industrial ‘patriarchy’ survive the market?

Written by Henry Hill

Conspiracy theorists like their threats to be fundamentally phantom. After all, if you stake your pride and credibility... Read on
An entry to the Wolfson competition

Written by Blog Editor

In December 2011, the Adam Smith Institute asked one of its Senior Fellows, Miles Saltiel, to form a team to compete... Read on

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More Sex is Safer Sex - and Other Surprises from Economic Theory

Monday 20 February 2012