In our last issue, Woon Wong argued that anxieties about the state of the Universities' Superannuation Scheme were unjustified. In this article Bernard Casey1 and John Ralfe2 [respectively a retired
In the last few days before we went to press the possibility of a second referendum on leaving the EU began to look a possibility, albeit still an unlikely one.
Prompted by Ben Chu’s observations about the state of economics in our July issue, Michael Joffe, Imperial College London, explains what he thinks is really wrong with economics. Ben Chu’s
Recent studies of well-being have often drawn attention to the apparent benefits of a ‘spiritual’ dimension to life. In this comment, Rutherford Card. Johnson of the University of Minnesota, argues
The depreciation of sterling after the Brexit referendum is often viewed as an exogenous shock to the economy caused by the ‘leave’ vote. In this comment on an article in
When UK public services are under severe strain and even the UK’s Health Secretary admits that the NHS is in serious trouble, Robert Neild argues that we shoul bite the
In the October issue of the Newsletter we published a piece which focused again on the BBC’s reporting of economic views relating to the UK’s decision to leave the EU.
Sir, Simon Wren-Lewis’s cri de coeur, in the July Newsletter, asks why the media lost interest in academics’ views in the lead-up to the Brexit vote. Could it be that the media,
Dear Sir, This year I had the opportunity to attend and present at the Annual Meeting of the Royal Economics Society at the University of Sussex. As a 4th year
I welcome Diane Coyle's and Simon Wren-Lewis’ further engagement with the debate on the purpose(s) of economics, which is essential to address if we are serious about reforming economics curricula.
Sir, Andrew Mearman challenges our view, expressed in an earlier article in this Newsletter, that economics degrees have a vocational purpose. We think there is in fact evidence that they do. The latest figures
Sir, Reading the April 2015 RES Newsletter, we wondered whether it was by design or accident that the articles on ‘The Rise of Elitism in the Study of Economics’ (by James
