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June 2013, Volume 33, Issue 2
- 207-219 Media, Education and Corruption: Investigating the Associations
by Nabamita Dutta & Sanjukta Roy - 220-231 No Plan B: But is There a ‘Third Way'?
by Kent Matthews - 232-245 Challenging The Spirit Level: Is There Really a Relationship between Inequality and Obesity?
by Darshan Zala - 246-256 Does the Lisbon Treaty Effectively Limit the Power of the European Union?
by Émilie Ciclet - 257-262 The UK Productivity Puzzle – Or Is It?
by J. R. Sargent - 263-264 Friedman versus Hayek on Private Outside Monies: Comment
by I. Harry David - 265-265 Ethical Misconduct and the Global Financial Crisis: Comment
by Richard Dean - 266-267 Rejoinder
by Elaine Sternberg - 268-278 Preindustrial Cliometrics
by Mark Koyama - 279-282 What is the Use of Economics? Teaching the Dismal Science after the Crisis – Edited by Diane Coyle
by Malcolm Rees - 282-283 The Clash of Economic Ideas: The Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Last Hundred Years – By Lawrence H. White
by David Howden - 284-285 The Malign Hand of the Markets: The Insidious Forces on Wall Street that are Destroying Financial Markets – and What We Can Do About it – By John Staddon
by Terence Kealey
February 2013, Volume 33, Issue 1
- 1-1 Introduction
by J. R. Shackleton - 2-17 Restoring Credible Economic Governance to the Eurozone
by Bodo Herzog & Katja Hengstermann - 18-33 Ethical Misconduct and the Global Financial Crisis
by Elaine Sternberg - 34-47 Were the Hartz Reforms Responsible for the Improved Performance of the German Labour Market?
by Metin Akyol & Michael Neugart & Stefan Pichler - 48-64 Why Developing Countries Have Failed to Increase Their Exports of Agricultural Processed Products
by Sushil Mohan & Sangeeta Khorana & Homagni Choudhury - 65-77 What Are the Lessons from Post-Communist Transitions?
by Dalibor Roháč - 78-92 What Was ‘New’ About Neoliberalism?
by William Coleman - 93-107 Do Private Prisons Really offer Savings Compared with their Public Counterparts?
by Richard J. Kish & Amy F. Lipton - 108-118 The Libertarian Character of the Islamic Economy
by Ali Salman - 119-126 Liberty and the Post-utilitarian Society
by Gilles Saint-Paul - 127-135 Friedman Versus Hayek on Private Outside Monies: New Evidence for the Debate
by William J. Luther - 136-144 Robert Frank's Call to Arms: Government to the Rescue?
by James Hill - 145-146 Review of Childcare Markets: Can They Deliver an Equitable Service?
by J. R. Shackleton - 146-148 Review of Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System
by David Howden - 148-150 Review of First Principles: Five Keys to Restoring America's Prosperity
by G. R. Steele - 150-152 Review of Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
by Dalibor Roháč - 152-154 Review of Santayana's Curse
by David Howden
March 2012, Volume 32, Issue s1
- 1-1 Does Foreign Aid Make the Poor Poorer?
by Philip Booth - 2-3 The History and Politics of Government Spending and Debt
by Stephen Davies - 4-4 A Critique of ‘Steady State Economics’
by Kristian Niemietz
October 2012, Volume 32, Issue 3
- 2-3 Financial Regulation – the need for a revolution
by Philip Booth - 4-5 Editorial Statement – a new beginning for Economic Affairs
by Philip Booth & J. R. Shackleton - 6-10 How is Banking Regulation Changing, and How Could it be Better?
by Andrew Lilico - 11-16 Too Big to Fail: UK Financial Services Reform in History and Policy
by Ranald Michie - 17-23 A Well-Intentioned Folly: The Macroeconomic Implications of S olvency II
by Amarendra Swarup - 24-31 Promoting a free market by ending the S ingle M arket – reforming EU financial regulation
by Philip Booth & Alan Morrison - 32-36 The EU Proposals for The Regulation of Alternative Investments
by Laurence Copeland - 37-43 The Alternative of Private Regulation: The London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market as a Model
by Edward Peter Stringham & Ivan Chen - 44-49 The Problems of Accounting Standards
by D. R. Myddelton - 50-57 Regulation without Reason: The Deleterious Effects of Government Regulation on Private Pension Provision
by Nick Silver & Saurabh Pant - 58-64 Can Banks Self-Regulate? Voluntary Agreements, Intrinsic Motivation and Games
by Aidan Walsh & Piotr Magnuszewski & Anna Slodka-Turner - 65-69 Causes and Cures of the Great Recession
by Steven Horwitz - 70-77 Planning Reform and Housing Costs: Why The Coalition Failed and What it Means
by Kristian Niemietz - 78-84 How Governments Should Support the Adjustment of Competitiveness in the Euro Area – and How They Should Not
by Holger Zemanek - 85-93 Liberating Farming from the CAP
by Séan Rickard - 94-96 On One Forgotten Cause of the A rab Spring: the Lack of Economic Freedom
by Emmanuel Martin - 97-101 Us Debt and Deficits: Time to Reverse the Trend
by James R. Barth & Tong Li - 102-106 Rethinking Inflation: New Perspective from an Old Indicator
by Mark Ungewitter - 107-109 Private Equity and Agency Costs: an Economic Analysis
by Adam Baldwin - 110-110 Who Invented ‘ QE ’?
by Tim Congdon - 111-111 Economic Freedom and the A sian Century
by Razeen Sally - 112-112 Questioning the Anti-Profit Mentality in Education
by James Stanfield - 113-113 The Deadly World of Falsified and Sub-Standard Medicine
by Roger Bate - 114-114 From Big Macs to Big Brother? What is the culture of the market?
by John Meadowcroft - 115-117 Engineering the Financial Crisis: Systemic Risk and the Failure of Regulation by Jeffrey Friedman and Wladimir Kraus , Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press , 212pp., ISBN: 978 081 224 3574, £29.50 (hb), 2011
by Antonio Foglia - 117-118 The Servile Mind: How Democracy Erodes The Moral Life by Kenneth Minogue New York : Encounter , 374pp., ISBN: 978 159 403 3810, £15.99 (hb), 2010
by Christie Davies - 118-119 Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics by Nicholas Wapshott New York/London : W.W. Norton & Co. , 382pp., ISBN 978 039 307 7483 $28.95/£18.99 (hb) 2011
by G. R. Steele - 119-120 Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance by Jane Gleeson-White London : W. W. Norton , 304pp., ISBN: 978 039 308 8960, £11.50 (hb), 2012
by Arthur Edwards - 120-121 Why Capitalism? by Allan H. Meltzer Oxford : Oxford University Press , 156pp., ISBN: 978-0199859573, £14.99 (hb), 2012
by Alberto Mingardi
June 2012, Volume 32, Issue 2
- 2-5 Editorial: Eight Years Since The Orange Book: Have The Liberal Democrats ‘Reclaimed’ Liberalism?
by Thomas Papworth - 6-10 Classical Liberalism In The Liberal Party Since 1886
by Stephen Davies - 11-16 The Orange Book – Turning Right Or Changing Gears?
by Emma Sanderson-Nash - 17-20 The Liberal Democrats And Supply-Side Economics
by Tim Leunig - 21-26 The Orange Book, The Liberal Democrats And Economic Freedom
by Thomas Papworth - 27-30 The Orange Book, Education And Social Mobility
by Paul Marshall - 31-35 The Orange Book: Eight Years On
by David Laws - 36-40 Fat Taxes And Other Interventions Won'T Cure Obesity
by Barrie M. Craven & Michael L. Marlow & Alden F. Shiers - 41-46 Prescription For Conflict: Why The Alliance Between The Pharmaceutical Industry And The Anti-Tobacco Movement Is Not In The Best Interests Of Smokers
by Patrick Basham & John C. Luik - 47-58 Control Rights (And Wrongs)
by Andrew G. Haldane - 59-62 Comment On The 2011 Wincott Lecture, ‘Control Rights (And Wrongs)’
by Martin Wolf - 63-67 Sir Waldron Smithers And The Muddle Of The Tory Middle
by Andrew Farrant & Nicola Tynan - 68-73 Protectionism And Property Rights: Coasian Bargaining And Debt-For-Nature Swaps
by Bradley K. Hobbs - 74-80 What Eludes International Agreements On Climate Change? The Economics Of Global Public Goods
by S. Niggol Seo - 81-87 The Internalisation Of Environmental Externalities Affecting Dwellings: A Review Of Court Cases In Hong Kong
by Rita Yi Man Li - 88-90 The China Model: Is It A Golden Formula?
by Kenli Schoolland - 91-93 The Decisions Of The Shadow Monetary Policy Committee And Monetary Policy Committee Since 2002
by Jahyun Koo & Ivan Paya & David A. Peel - 94-95 The Decisions Of The Shadow Monetary Policy Committee And Monetary Policy Committee Since 2002: A Rejoinder
by David B. Smith - 96-100 The Ageing Population: Crunch Time For Government Reforms
by Les Mayhew & Ben Rickayzen - 101-101 Liquidity Trap Claptrap
by Tim Congdon - 102-102 A Brief Political Economy Of The Eurozone Crisis
by Razeen Sally - 103-103 Omega Schools, Ghana
by James Stanfield - 104-104 Zimbabwe'S Future And The ‘Kimberley Process’
by Roger Bate - 105-105 Do The Worst Get On Top? An Answer From Public Choice
by John Meadowcroft - 106-107 The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves – By Matt Ridley
by Elaine Sternberg - 107-108 Government Versus Markets: The Changing Economic Role of the State – By Vito Tanzi
by Alberto Mingardi - 108-110 Flourishing and Happiness in a Free Society: Toward a Synthesis of Aristotelianism, Austrian Economics and Ayn Rand's Objectivism – By Edward W. Younkins
by Graham Dawson - 110-111 The Future of Banking – Edited by Thorsten Beck
by David Howden - 111-112 So Much Aid, So Little Development: Stories from Pakistan – By Samia Waheed Altaf
by Cecily Liu
February 2012, Volume 32, Issue 1
- 2-3 The Economics Of Population Growth
by Dermot Grenham - 4-9 The Benefits Of Migration
by Michele Binci - 10-16 Population And The Economy During The Demographic Transition
by David Reher - 17-25 Looking Towards 2030: A New World Coming Into Focus
by Nicholas N. Eberstadt - 26-30 The Demographic Dividend: Retrospect And Prospect
by Robert Eastwood & Michael Lipton - 31-37 The Burden Of Durable Asset Acquisition In Growing Populations
by Jane N. O'Sullivan - 38-42 Inter‐City Bus Services In Canada – Time For Deregulation
by Vincent Geloso - 43-47 Sir Waldron Smithers And The Long Walk To Finchley
by Andrew Farrant & Nicola Tynan - 48-54 Price Effects Of Shopping Hours Regulation: Evidence From Germany
by Karthik Reddy - 55-59 Trade Policy And Protectionism In Argentina
by Andres Gallo - 60-63 Countering The Assault On Capitalism
by Fred L. Smith, Jr. - 64-67 Keynes, Keynesianism And Krugman
by G. R. Steele - 68-71 Problems Of Public Higher Education In The Usa: Causes And Consequences
by William Murchison & Svetozar Pejovich - 72-74 Credit Default Swaps – Weapon Of Mass Destruction Or Reliable Indicator?
by Dennis Sebastian Klieber - 75-77 Lessons For Temperature Limits From The Us Debt Ceiling Debates
by S. Niggol Seo - 78-78 Bank Recapitalisation Could Endanger The Economy
by Tim Congdon - 79-79 The Global Economy In 2012
by Razeen Sally - 80-80 The Un And The Profit Motive In Education
by James Stanfield - 81-81 Britain'S High Green Taxes
by Roger Bate - 82-82 The Calculus Of Consent At 50 Years
by John Meadowcroft - 83-84 Von Neumann, Morgenstern, and The Creation of Game Theory: From Chess to Social Science, 1900–1960 – By Robert Leonard
by Ralf M. Bader - 84-85 Intellectuals and Society – By Thomas Sowell
by Art Carden - 85-85 Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom – By William P. Ruger and Jason Sorens
by John Blundell - 85-86 All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis – By Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera
by William J. Luther - 86-87 Democracy and the Fall of the West – By Craig Smith and Tom Miers
by Alan Peacock - 88-89 The Tragedy of the Euro – By Philipp Bagus
by David Howden
October 2012, Volume 32
- 1-1 What Is Austerity?
by Anthony J. Evans - 2-3 Unicef Conclusions on Inequality Ignore Unicef Evidence on Inequality
by Kristian Niemietz - 4-4 What Causes Recessions?
by Richard Wellings
June 2012, Volume 32
- 1-1 Public Goods and Club Goods – Does the State Need to Provide Libraries?
by James B. Stanfield - 2-3 No Case for Plan B – Lessons for the Great Recession From the Great Depression
by Kent Matthews - 4-4 OFFA's Demands Could Lead to Leading Universities Opting-Out of State Funding
by J. R. Shackleton
June 2011, Volume 31, Issue Supplement 2
- 1-1 Does the Market Need to Be Made Social?
by Gisela Stuart - 2-3 The Economic (and Moral) Case Against Capping Directors' Remuneration
by Stephen Copp - 4-4 Banking Reform – Making Banks Pay for Their Mistakes
by Andrew Lilico
March 2011, Volume 31, Issue Supplement 1
- 0 Note from the Editor
by Steve Davies - 1-1 Selling the Right to Immigrate
by Gary Becker - 2-3 The Euro Crisis Is Not Over!
by Holger Zemanek - 4-4 Should We Sacrifice Economic Growth for Equality?
by Chris Snowdon
October 2011, Volume 31, Issue 3
- 2-3 Editorial: The Political Economy Of Protectionism
by Stephen Davies - 4-6 Do Subsidies Justify Retaliatory Protectionism?
by Donald J. Boudreaux - 7-11 The New Neo‐Mercantilism: Currency Manipulation As A Form Of Protectionism
by Paul F. Cwik - 12-17 Why Are Trade Barriers So Low?
by Christopher S. P. Magee - 18-22 Trade, Mercantilism And Nation‐Building
by Stephen Davies - 23-27 Uk Uncut Unravelled
by Tim Worstall - 28-35 Schooling For Money: Swedish Education Reform And The Role Of The Profit Motive
by Gabriel H. Sahlgren - 36-40 Towards Sound Monetary Institutions
by Dalibor Roháč - 41-45 Capitalism, Socialism And Calculation
by Brent Butgereit & Art Carden - 46-48 Public Choice Theory And House Of Lords Reform
by Stephen Michael MacLean - 49-50 The Bishop Of Brentwood, Migrants, The Market And The Pursuit Of Gain
by Philip Booth - 51-53 War And Liberty: Wisdom From Leonard E. Read And F. A. ‘Baldy’ Harper
by Christopher J. Coyne & Nicholas A. Snow - 54-55 In Praise Of Ideological Openness
by Daniel B. Klein - 56-59 An Alternative Strategic Defence And Security Review: Reconstituting A Shrinking Force
by Edward Longinotti - 60-60 Us Fiscal Stimulus Has Failed
by Tim Congdon - 61-61 Liberty Outside The West
by Razeen Sally - 62-62 Impact Investment In Education
by James Stanfield - 63-63 Eu Gets A Taste Of Its Own Medicine
by Roger Bate - 64-64 Accountable And Responsive Government: The Value Of Earmarked Taxation
by John Meadowcroft - 65-66 Robust Political Economy: Classical Liberalism and the Future of Public Policy – By Mark Pennington
by Ralf M. Bader - 66-67 Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier – By Edward L. Glaeser
by Emily B. Washington - 67-68 The Rise and Fall of Great Companies: Courtaulds and the Reshaping of the Man‐Made Fibres Industry – By Geoffrey Owen
by Steven Toms - 68-70 To Serve God and Wal‐Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise – By Bethany Moreton
by Art Carden - 70-71 Finance at the Threshold: Rethinking the Real and Financial Economies – By Christopher Houghton Budd
by Arthur Edwards
June 2011, Volume 31, Issue 2
- 2-3 Editorial: Environmental Policy — Private Choice Or Public Choice?
by Richard Wellings - 4-9 Climate Politics, Strategic Behaviour, Hold‐Outs, Free Riders And Rent‐Seekers
by Gordon L. Brady - 10-16 Copenhagen, Cancún And The Limits Of Global Welfare Economics
by David Campbell & Matthias Klaes - 17-24 Community Conservation In Namibia: Empowering The Poor With Property Rights
by Karol Boudreaux & Fred Nelson - 25-29 The Implementation Of The Forest Rights Act In India: Critical Issues
by Debnarayan Sarker - 30-35 Charters, Partnerships And Natural Resources: Two Cases Of Endogenous Regulation In Italy
by Claudio Tagliapietra - 36-40 HOW DID PAUL KRUGMAN GET IT SO WRONG?-super-1
by John H. Cochrane - 41-46 Commodity Market Regulation After Financial Crisis: A Comparative Approach
by Renee E. Pirrong - 47-52 The Portuguese Malaise: Structural Causes Of The Crisis And Lessons For The Eurozone
by André Azevedo Alves - 53-57 The Eu/Imf Rescue Programme For Ireland: 2010–13
by Sean D. Barrett - 58-62 CONTROL POLICIES TO COMBAT THE HEALTH RISKS FROM SMOKING AND PASSIVE SMOKING-super-1
by Jeannie Cameron & Barrie M. Craven & Michael L. Marlow - 63-67 Financial Globalisation: Past And Present
by Dilip K. Das - 68-75 Innovation, Competition And Antitrust: An Examination Of The Intel Case
by Luca Mazzone & Alberto Mingardi - 76-84 ECONOMIC RECESSIONS, BANKING REFORM AND THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM-super-1
by Jesús Huerta de Soto - 85-87 Europe – How Can Things Get Better?
by Charlie McCreevy - 88-89 Comment On The 2010 Wincott Lecture, ‘Europe: How Can Things Get Better?’
by Roland Vaubel - 90-92 On The Deliberate Centrality Of An Invisible Hand: Reply To Gavin Kennedy, Ryan Hanley And Craig Smith
by Daniel B. Klein & Brandon Lucas - 93-95 Female Entrepreneurship In Early Islam
by Benedikt Koehler - 96-97 AGAINST LEVIATHAN: A REVIEW OF CLASSICAL LIBERALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF NORMAN P. BARRY-super-1
by Dennis O'Keeffe - 98-101 Contemporary Philosophical Support For Hayekian Limits To Economic Modelling
by Bryan A. Williamson - 102-102 Naïve Attacks On Quantitative Easing Should Be Ignored
by Tim Congdon - 103-103 China In The Big Three
by Razeen Sally - 104-104 Richard Cobden On Education
by James Stanfield - 105-105 Are Drugs Made In Emerging Markets Good Quality?
by Roger Bate - 106-106 Must Government Fear The Boom And Bust?
by John Meadowcroft - 107-108 Political Philosophy, Clearly: Essays on Freedom and Fairness, Property and Equalities – By Anthony de Jasay
by Aschwin de Wolf - 108-109 Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age – By Adrian Johns
by John Blundell - 109-111 Edmund Burke – By Dennis O'Keeffe
by Rodney Atkinson
March 2011, Volume 31, Issue 1
- 2-3 Editorial: Gambling, The State And The Market
by Chris Brady - 4-8 Prometheus Bound: Releasing The Chains On Pari‐Mutuel Gambling
by Brian Sturgess - 9-13 The Social Benefits Of Gambling
by Patrick Basham & John Luik - 14-19 It Is Time To Reconsider Uk Gambling Policy
by Gary Loveman - 20-26 The Politics Of Casino Gambling
by Marc W. Etches - 27-33 After The Great Recession: The Future Of Casino Gaming In America And Europe
by William R. Eadington - 34-37 Gambling And Regulation: Why There Is Nothing To Fear From Liberalisation
by Mark Littlewood - 38-42 The Roots Of Modern ‘Social Cost Of Gambling’ Estimates
by Douglas M. Walker & Shannon M. Kelly - 43-52 In A Word Or Two, Placed In The Middle: The Invisible Hand In Smith'S Tomes
by Daniel B. Klein & Brandon Lucas - 53-57 Adam Smith And The Role Of The Metaphor Of An Invisible Hand
by Gavin Kennedy - 58-59 A Comment On The Centrality Of The Invisible Hand
by Craig Smith - 60-61 A Comment On The Centrality Of The Invisible Hand
by Ryan Hanley - 62-65 Milton Friedman On The Ineffectiveness Of Fiscal Policy
by Tim Congdon - 66-72 International Migration: A Case Against Building Ever‐Higher Fences
by Piotr Zientara - 73-79 Using Web 2.0 To Share Knowledge Of Construction Safety: The Fable Of Economic Animals
by Rita Yi Man Li & Sun Wah Poon - 80-85 An Analysis Of The Welfare Cuts In The Comprehensive Spending Review And The Budget 2010
by Kristian Niemietz - 86-89 Responsibility And Capability
by Peter King