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Issue 24/ 09 June 2010

Developing Countries: The advantages of openness versus the dangers of volatility by Nigel Tree
A silver lining lurks behind the dark clouds by Karim Foda, Senior Research Assistant at the Brookings Institution, and Eswar Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University, Senior Fellow of the Brookings Instititution and Rese

Issue 23/ 19 May 2010

Chancellor announces revolution in UK fiscal policy by Nigel Tree
Fiscal crisis, contagion, and the future of the euro by Marco Pagano, Professor of Economics, University of Naples Federico II and CEPR Research Fellow

Issue 22/ 05 May 2010

Crisis in Greece and the euro zone and implications for the UK. Nigel Tree interviews Colin Ellis, European Economist, Daiwa Capital Markets
Is comparative advantage dead? Nigel Tree outlines a recent talk by Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organisation

Issue 21/ 10 March 2010

Microfinance: A Case Study by Brian Ellis former Chief Examiner and now Chair of Examiners for Edexcel
The UK Wind Turbines Industry a Case Study by Stephen Romer. This is an abridged extract from his book “The Year in Review and Revision Guide 2009-2010

Issue 20/ 24 Feb 2010

Rethinking macro policy by Olivier Blanchard, Chief Economist, IMF; Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, Deputy Chief, Financial Studies Division, IMF; and Paolo Mauro, Division Chief, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department
The UK economic outlook: an interview with Graeme Leach, Chief Economist, Institute of Directors

Issue 19 / 10 Feb 2010

QE: QED? By Colin Ellis of Daiwa Capital Markets and Brian Ellis, Examiner.
Why is everyone talking about China? by Dr Charles Smith, Swansea School of Education, Swansea Metropolitan University

Issue 18 / 20 Jan 2010

New ombudsman to monitor supermarkets:
A Case Study by Nigel Tree
What is happening to UK manufacturing by Ian Black, St.Albans School

Issue 17 / 2nd Dec 2009

Can the Euro Zone Survive Economic Recovery? By Martin Feldstein
The great trade collapse by Richard Baldwin

Issue 16 / 18th Nov 2009

Housing market case study: Why are UK house prices rising? By Nigel Tree.
Household Saving by Nigel Tree

Issue 15 / 4th Nov 2009

Economic Efficiency by Maziar Homayounnejad, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet.
High quality imports suffer more during recessions by Antoine Berthou and Charlotte Emlinger, Economists, Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII), Paris

Issue 14 / 21st October 2009

Budget deficits, ‘crowding out’ and ‘crowding in’ by Nigel Tree
Running out of energy? Tell me about it by Nigel Tree

Issue 13 / 30 September 2009

The Human Development Index: An Evaluation by Maziar Homayounnejad, Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet.
Lessons from the 2009 AS examinations by Chief Examiner, Quintin Brewer

Issue 12 / 16 Sept 2009

High Speed Rail: What are the potential costs and benefits? By Nigel Tree
Eurozone stimulus: A myth, some facts, and impact estimates By Volker Wieland, Professor for Monetary Theory and Policy in the House of Finance at Goethe University of Frankfurt and Director of the Centre for Financial Studies.

Issue 11 / 17 June 2009

Could the oil price surge stall the recovery? By Nigel Tree
Must fiscal stimulus policies put a burden on the future? by Max Corden, Emeritus Professor of International Economics of Johns Hopkins University, and Professorial Fellow in the Department of Economics of the University of Melbourne.

Issue 10 / 03 June 2009

China and the Dollar Trap by Nigel Tree
Protectionism and the economic crisis: So far, so good? by Philip Whyte, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform

Issue 9 / 20 May 2009

Labour oversees a rise in both inequality and poverty in the UK by Nigel Tree
Why did the bankers behave so badly?
By Anne Sibert, Professor and Head of the School of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics at Birkbeck College, London and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Iceland. CEPR Research

Issue 8 / 6 May 2009

What’s happening in the EU? By Nigel Tree
The fiscal stimulus debate: “Bone-headed” and “Neanderthal”?
By Volker Wieland, Professor for Monetary theory and Policy in the House of Finance at Goethe University of Frankfurt and Director of the Center for Financial Studies

Issue 7 / 22 April 2009

Recession Case Study by Nigel Tree
The International Economy: an interview with Dr Charles Smith, Secior Lecturer in economics and education, Swansea Metropolitan University

Issue 6 / 25 March 2009

Collapse in Global Trade by Nigel Tree
Where is monetary policy going? Nigel Tree gives a summary of a recent talk by David Blanchflower of the Bank of England’s, Monetary Policy Committee.

Issue 5 / 11 March 2009

Should there be a third runway at Heathrow? Stephen Romer examines the arguments and looks at the cost benefit analysis
Green Bananas and the credit crunch. Nigel Tree takes a look at why the financial system failed us.

Issue 4 / 25 February 2009

The economic implications of Barack Obama’s fiscal stumulus. By Ben Martin
What is happening to the Indian Economy by Peter Newton-Lewis in Mumbai.

Issue 3 / 11 February 2009

Is the Paradox of Thrift coming into play? By Nigel Tree
Has sterling bottomed out and what drives exchange rate changes? Interview with Neil MacKinnon, Director and Chief Economist, the ECU group plc.

Issue 2 / 28 Janurary 2009

What are the implications of the fall in Sterling? By Nigel Tree
Monetary policy and the danger of deflation. Interview with Dr George Buckley, Chief UK Economist, Deutsche Bank.

Issue 1 / 14 January 2009

Is GDP falling faster than anticipated? By Nigel Tree
How is the global credit crunch affecting China? Interview with Paul Ellis, Head of Economics and Business Studies, Harrow International School, Beijing.

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