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Mend the gap: solving the UK’s productivity puzzle

28 Jun 2018

When it comes to the output, education and wellbeing of the Great British workforce, our towns, cities and regions exist on a dramatically unequal...

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The boss of me: myths and truths of self-employment

20 Jun 2018

While self-employment may not be the labour market remedy some want to believe, new research is revealing its global prevalence and intergenerational...

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Energy

‘Carbon bubble’ coming that could wipe trillions from the global economy – study

04 Jun 2018

Macroeconomic simulations show rates of technological change in energy efficiency and renewable power are likely to cause a sudden drop in demand for...

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Women working in the rice paddy fields in Odisha, one of the the poorest regions of India

Tracking inequality in India: the story of a pioneer

04 Jul 2017

India’s booming business centres and gleaming shopping malls mask a grimmer reality. While one section of the population gets richer, another section...

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Listen: Cambridge experts talk post-Brexit options for the UK

04 Apr 2017

On 30 March, the day after the 'triggering' of Article 50 began the official Brexit process, a group of University of Cambridge lawyers, economists...

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Opinion: Four ways to understand Theresa May’s Hard Brexit Speech

17 Jan 2017

An economic historian offers her initial reaction to the Prime Minister's address

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Opinion: Autumn Statement 2016: experts respond

24 Nov 2016

The Chancellor's Autumn Statement has met with a mixed response from expert academics at some of the country's leading universities - including...

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Brexit: Listen to experts from Cambridge and beyond discuss how, why and what next for Brexit Britain

02 Nov 2016

Listen to some of the talks that were given as part of the University's 'Brexit Week' series, which took place from 18 - 22 October.

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A male savannah elephant uses his trunk to eat inTarangire National Park, Tanzania.

Elephant poaching costs African economies US $25 million per year in lost tourism revenue

01 Nov 2016

New research shows investing in elephant conservation is smart economic policy for many African countries.

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Ministru prezidents piedalās Latvijas bankas un Starptautiskā Valūtas fonda konferences "Apstākļiem spītējot: Baltijas valstu tautsaimniecības atveseļošanās pieredze" atklāšanā

Opinion: Economics has a serious gender problem – it needs more women

28 Oct 2016

Victoria Bateman (Lecturer and Fellow in Economics) calls for fresh thinking to prevent the exclusion of women's voices.

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Oliver Hart and the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge

Professor Oliver Hart wins economics Nobel Prize

10 Oct 2016

Professor Oliver Hart, a former undergraduate at King’s College (1966), and a former Fellow of Churchill College, has been jointly awarded the 2016...

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The Bank of England & The Duke of Wellington.

Opinion: Forget Super Thursday, the Bank of England can only offer Mildly Useful Thursday

03 Aug 2016

Michael Kitson (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses how the Bank of England may try to give the economy a boost.

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