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December 1997, Volume 4, Issue 4
- 201-201 Whistle blows for full time
by Dan Corry - 202-206 The city's match of the day: Several lessons can be learned from the way football shares are traded
by Stephen Morrow - 207-211 Football on the box: More TV offers big opportunities but will lead to changes in league power
by Tim Kuypers - 212-217 Beaten in the race for the ball: Black footballers get paid less than they are worth, and football suffers
by Stefan Szymanski - 218-221 Will the Dome disappoint?: Large flagship projects only help urban regeneration as part of a bigger strategy
by Mark Kleinman - 222-225 Regenerating partnerships: Local public‐private partnerships must change to spur economic regeneration
by Andrew Culson - 226-229 Tuning into the third sector: The social economy can get at things neither the private nor public sector can
by Alistair Grimes - 230-234 Under the ‘micro’‐scope: Local research helps get at the real issues that central policy makers miss
by Alice Sampson - 235-240 New welfare or just expensive fare?: Private options may be unfair and inefficient
by Tania Burchardt - 241-247 Swelling the union: The UK's EU presidency should push enlargement
by Paul Hare - 248-252 Flexible participation: Worker involvement is needed but in the context of flexible arrangements
by John Stirling - 253-257 Rule‐based regulation: Regulation is still required but has to become more intelligent in the future
by Joseph Nellis & Stephen Regan - 258-261 Co‐op utilities, US style: The American system can give us useful lessons on how to regulate water
by Lawrence Morse - 262-267 Taxing the EU back to work: US experience suggests tax reform cannot cure European unemployment
by Max Sawicky
September 1997, Volume 4, Issue 3
- 137-137 Co‐operate or compete?
by Jonathan Michie - 138-141 Lessons from the Tory experiment
by Sue Richards - 142-146 Can use of the PFI be healthy?
by Peter Cutler - 147-151 Beyond simple NHS models
by Gareth Williams & Rob Flynn - 152-154 Managers on the high wire
by Peter Buckley - 155-158 What makes markets work?
by Simon Deakin & Frank Wilkinson - 159-163 Gaining from outsourcing
by Simon Domberger & Paul Jensen - 164-166 Who ends up paying the fare?
by David Kennedy - 167-172 Choppy waves on air and sea
by Peter Nolan & Richard Saundary & Malcom Sawyer - 173-176 Never go in
by Brian Burkitt - 177-181 Join ‐ but not yet
by Sam Aaronavitch & John Grahl - 182-187 Can the IMF be rescued?
by Graham Bird - 188-192 Spanish family values
by Andy Robinson - 193-199 The benefits of costing
by Christopher Nash
June 1997, Volume 4, Issue 2
- 67-67 Rebuilding social cohesion
by Dan Corry - 68-73 Creating jobs for youth
by David Blanchflower & Richard Freeman - 74-77 No escape from tax
by Andrew Glyn - 78-82 Sustainable public debt
by Nigel Pain & Martin Weale & Garry Young - 83-88 Stopping crime spreading
by Paul Ormerod - 89-94 Means testing flaws
by Martin Evans - 95-101 Putting rail back on track
by John Siraut - 102-106 Can we deal with differentials?
by Jonathan Haskel - 107-111 The knowledge revolution
by Graciela Chichilnisky - 112-116 Is profit‐sharing the answer?
by Andrew Robinson & Virginie Perotin - 117-122 Regulating for fairness
by Catherine Waddams Price - 123-126 Greening the law
by Anthony Heyes - 127-130 Walk: don't drive
by Amanda Root - 131-135 High tech ‐ high risk?
by Stuart Reid & Elizabeth Garnsey
March 1997, Volume 4, Issue 1
- 1-1 No uncertainty on policy
by Dan Corry - 2-6 Governments & growth
by Rick Van Derploeg - 7-11 Moving in and out of poverty
by Paul Johnson - 12-16 Working with the big guys
by Grazia Ietto‐Gillies - 17-21 Reeling In The Transnationals
by Christian Bellak - 22-25 Finding A New Role For The State
by Meghnad Desai - 26-29 The Money Game
by Andrew Caplin & John Leahy - 30-33 Local Developments
by Mike Campbell - 34-37 Looking After The Workers
by Robert Taylor - 38-44 The Big Pensions Lie
by Malcolm Crawford - 45-49 Playing It Safer At Work
by Nick Adnett - 50-54 EU: an attractive investment
by Ray Barrels & Nigel Pain - 55-60 Will Germany buy EMU?
by Ole Rummel & Alfred Steinherr - 61-65 Paying for training
by Len Shackleton & Siobhaw Walsh
December 1996, Volume 3, Issue 4
- 194-198 USA schools: money counts New studies show that more resources can improve prospects
by Sheila Murray - 199-203 Relegate the leagues Data from performance tables is crude and often misleading
by Harvey Goldstein - 204-208 Education isn't everything Widening earnings gaps are as much the result of other policies
by John Schmitt - 209-213 A formula for chaos The funding mechanisms for schools do not promote stability
by Michael Barrow - 214-218 Staff room reports The challenge is to raise the effectiveness of the existing teachers
by Richard Pearson & Stephen Morris - 219-224 Private schools on parade Given selection and better funding, do independent schools deliver?
by Josh Hillman - 225-229 The right mixture Peer group effects matter so policy must limit ‘cream‐skimming’
by Donald Robertson & James Symons - 230-234 EUROWATCH:Belgian ‘cream‐skimming’ More choice of school has led to problems
by Vincent Vandenberghe - 235-240 CONTROVERSY:Against the basic instinct Why basic income proposals will not do the job
by Rick Van Der Ploeg & A Lans Bovenberg - 241-244 Bringing savings to account The savings‐growth link is uncertain, so spend the money elsewhere
by Don Harding - 245-250 Putting TESSA in the dock PEPs and TESSAs cost a lot but don't necessarily increase saving
by James Banks - 251-254 Water: our mutual friend? The privatised water companies are distrusted and change is needed
by Gerald Holtham - 255-259 Tuning in to long‐waves Changes in technology require new policy responses
by Andrew Tylecote - 260-264 BRIEFING:The social clause case Trade works better with minimum labour standards
by Hugh Williamson
September 1996, Volume 3, Issue 3
- 128-132 Avoiding fiscal fudge More openness on fiscal policy would boost Labour's credibility
by Simon Wren‐Lewis - 133-137 Creating jobs fast A million jobs could be created quickly and without excessive cost
by Roger Berry & Michael Kitson & Jonathan Michie - 138-142 Sterling work for Labour The pound will go too high if the City thinks Labour will join EMU
by Sushil Wadhwani - 143-149 New Labour, New Economy This journal has presented a wealth of fresh ideas for a new government
by Will Hutton & Dan Corry - 150-153 It's coming home To end seventeen years of hurt the key is investment and affordability
by Peter Malpass - 154-157 Paying for learning Post‐16 education funding must shift from provider to individual
by David Robertson - 158-163 Putting training on track Although ‘best practice’ requires it, many firms ignore training
by Martyn Sloman - 164-168 Accounting for investment The PSBR tells only half the story and is biased against public investment
by Rosemary Radcliffe - 169-173 Taking on the power players Break up the electricity duopoly and make Labour the party of competition
by Gregory Palast - 174-176 The myth of low inflation The experience of Japan shows that targeting inflation offers no guarantee of stability
by James Forder - 177-181 German welfare angst The welfare state is not killing the economy; but it does need intelligent reform
by Raphael L'Hoest & Werner Schönig - 182-186 Growth and the welfare state Is the welfare state necessarily bad for economic growth?
by Ab Atkinson - 187-191 BRIEFING:A case for basic income The Dutch social security debate is hotting up
by Jan Stroeken
June 1996, Volume 3, Issue 2
- 67-67 Get on with Europe
by Dan Corry - 68-72 The long road to EU unity
by Mica Panic - 73-77 Forcing the competition
by Francis Mcgowan - 78-82 Public services, single market
by Lionel Monnier - 83-88 Making EMU work
by David Currie - 89-92 Making the ‘euro’ palatable
by Philip Arestis & Malcolm Sawyer - 93-96 Don't delay enlargement
by James Forder - 97-102 EMU as job creator
by Ray Barrell & Nigel Pain - 103-106 Watching the Swiss
by Beat Kappeler - 107-111 Playing money games
by David Cobham - 112-117 Under‐valuing the earth
by Graciela Chichilnisky - 118-120 The radical social solution
by James Robertson - 121-125 Capital crimes
by Ciaran Driver
March 1996, Volume 3, Issue 1
- 1-1 Finding the right question
by Dan Corry & Randi Hawkins - 2-5 The point of using GDP
by Robert Lismer - 6-9 Devising the new indicators
by Hazll Henderson - 10-14 Indicators to change policy
by Gills Atkinson & David Pearce - 15-19 GDP can't make you happy
by Andrew Oswald - 20-24 A picture of health?
by Michael Robinson - 25-28 Women's wellbeing at work
by Andrew Clark - 29-32 Sense of well‐being
by Randi Hawkins & JO WEBB & DAN CORRY - 33-38 The Irish experiment
by Rory O'Donnell & Colm O'Reardon - 39-42 Life after economics?
by Henry Neuburger - 43-47 Subbing the night away
by Celia Stanworth - 48-51 Jobs and prices
by Bryan Hopkin - 52-56 The physics of unemployment
by Rod Cross - 57-59 The legacy of the natural rate
by Ross Mackay - 60-65 Uncompelling evidence
by Dan Finn
December 1995, Volume 2, Issue 4
- 203-203 A floor to wages
by Dan Corry - 204-209 Minimum wages in the US Popular with the public and there's no evidence they cost jobs
by Gary Burtless - 210-213 Making work pay
by Paul Gregg & Jonathan Wadsworth - 214-219 Minimum wage benefits
by Holly Sutherland - 220-222 Boosting Women's Pay
by Susan Harkness & Steven Machin - 223-227 After Wages Councils
by Richard Dickens & Alan Manning - 228-232 What about the Public Sector?
by Chris Trinder - 233-236 Policing the Minimum Wage
by Bob Simpson - 237-240 Part of the Furniture
by Stephen Bazen - 241-246 Obstacles to EMU
by Rebecca Driver & Simon Wren‐Lewis - 247-252 The Breaking up of BT
by Andrew Davies - 253-256 More than Devolution
by Richard Minns & John Tomaney - 257-261 Banking on the Regions
by Gavin Kelly & Randall Germain - 262-265 Cambridge Tech Success
by Elizabeth Garnsey
September 1995, Volume 2, Issue 3
- 135-135 Greening the economy
by Michael Jacobs - 136-141 Green is good Environmental policy can contribute to economic success
by Michael Jacobs & Paul Ekins - 142-146 Dangerous trading
by Simon Zadek & Christian Hass - 147-151 Green protectionism
by Scott Vaughan - 152-156 Freezing out the poor
by Brenda Boardman - 157-162 More jobs, less pollution
by Terry Barker - 163-166 Eco‐tax the Danish way
by Michael Skou Andersen - 167-172 Evolution not revolution
by Peter Robinson - 173-176 The mis‐use of science policy
by Kirsty Hughes - 177-180 In praise of public firms
by Gianni Fraja - 181-185 Labour market theories on trial
by David Blanchflower & Andrew Oswald - 186-192 No block to trade
by Graciela Chichilnisky - 193-196 Obsessed by the wrong model?
by Donald Roy - 197-201 Recessionary benefits
by Paul Geroski & Paul Gregg
June 1995, Volume 2, Issue 2
- 66-70 Innovation in a global world Globalisation does not kill the need for national policies
by John Cantwell - 71-74 Backing basics Basic research should not just depend on what industry needs now
by Keith Pavitt - 75-79 Short‐term blues Institutional changes would allow managers to take the longer view
by Rajeeva Sinha & Paul Stoneman - 80-84 A break for R & D? New research shows that tax incentives would stimulate R & D
by John Van Reenen - 85-88 Small firm webs By grouping together in ‘webs’, small firms will innovate more
by Lee Miller & Roger Sugden - 89-93 Supply side puzzles Innovation and skills are vital, but they're not the complete solution
by Christine Greenhalgh - 94-98 Small firms, big ideas Policy must not ignore small firms' contribution to innovation
by Alan Hughes & David Keeble & Eric Wood - 99-103 Korean ways in technology Though the methods have varied, Korea's hands‐on policy has succeeded
by Jang‐Sup Shin & Ha‐Joon Chang - 104-109 MODELLING POLICY OPTIONS:The investment game Investment won't find its correct level in the free marketplace without suitable policies
by Rebecca Driver & Simon Wren‐Lewis - 110-114 Opportunity costs Education finance needs change if we are to build a high skill Britain
by Howard Glennerster - 115-120 Crime and unemployment Despite Tory denials there is a clear link between them
by David Dickinson - 121-124 CONTROVERSY:The fallacy of thrift The argument that we need to cut consumption to boost investment is fatally flawed
by Peter Westaway & Garry Young - 125-128 EUROPWATCH:Betting against Belgium How the Belgian franc eludes the speculators
by Geert Gielens - 129-134 BRIEFING:New Zealand's experiment Many claim New Zealand's deregulation is something to be copied but there is a darker side too
by Peter Harris
March 1995, Volume 2, Issue 1
- 2-8 How far can the market take us? While the market can smooth the ride, it shouldn't be driving as well
by Chris Nash - 9-13 Flying into trouble De‐regulation benefits are unclear and auctioning ‘slots' is crazy
by Peter Reed - 14-18 The city link? Where do transport and urban regeneration connect?
by Peter Townroe - 19-23 Putting a price on roads Road pricing should be a part of transport policy not a replacement
by Phil Goodwin - 24-29 Hitting the rail buffers The private sector can help but the track must be state owned
by Bill Bradshaw - 30-35 Modelling Policy Options
by Jonathan Ireland & Rebecca Driver & Campbell Leith & Simon Wren‐Lewis - 36-41 CONTROVERSY:CCT challenged Following Szymanski's article in favour of compulsory competitive tendering here is the case against
by Allan Kerr & Mike Radford - 42-46 Easing labour pains Maternity leave actually makes mothers and employers better off
by Jane Waldfogel - 47-52 Learning from communism The Left needs to study its faults in order to build a modern socialism
by Saul Estrin - 53-55 The rich get richer Earnings inequality is increasing because the rich are doing so well
by John Sutherland - 56-59 EUROWATCH:Privatisation Italian style The sell‐off is being motivated by a desire for money and not as a way to change the structures
by Clara Poletti - 60-64 BRIEFING:Who profited from devaluation? The post‐ERM fall in the pound mainly helped the profits of exporters, not the economy as a whole
by Peter Kenway
December 1994, Volume 1, Issue 4
- 191-191 Neutering speculation
by Dan Corry - 192-196 Market dual: jobs vs currency 192–196: Toughening up on speculation would help boost employment
by Andrew Glyn - 197-201 Speculative benefits Why the currency traders are the enemy of bad policy, not good
by Peter Warburton - 202-206 Kicking the currency habit: Forget the currency's value, it's the quality of our products that counts
by Kevin Gardiner - 207-212 Reviving Bretton Woods: Social democracy needs a new international exchange rate regime
by Will Hutton - 213-217 The single solution: As European capital funds soar the case for a single currency emerges
by Graham Bishop - 218-225 Labour's rate crisis: Most analysts agree that if Labour wins power there will be a currency ‘crisis’. So what can be done?
by Rebecca Driver & Jonathan Ireland & Simon Wren‐Lewis - 226-230 Consuming passions: Over‐consumption is giving Britain indigestion
by Andrew Sentance - 231-237 Lost your voice?: Collective bargaining is going. Are its replacements better or worse
by Sue Fernie & David Metcalf & Stephen Woodland - 238-243 Pensioned off gracefully?: For efficiency and social justice we must get our pension system right
by John Plender - 244-248 Hidden treasures: Spain's unemployment rate is one of the highest in Europe. But it hasn't led to social unrest, why?
by Francisco Fernandez Marugan - 249-253 Derivatives problems: While Derivatives can cause trouble, if regulated properly they have a positive role to play
by Alistair Hudson
September 1994, Volume 1, Issue 3
- 129-129 Avoiding boom‐bust
by Dan Corry - 130-134 Inflation down‐but will it last?: The beast may be wounded but who is to say it will not recover
by Penelope A Rowlatt - 135-139 Will low skills kill recovery?: Britain's recovery could be in trouble owing to a lack of skilled workers
by Jnathan Haskel & Christopher Martin - 140-145 Why we have a business cycle: A socialist alternative to Keynes's investment‐accelerator model
by Andrew Trigg - 146-150 A world crying out for direction: Co‐ordination failure in the global economy is costing everyone dear
by John Eatwell - 151-158 Rules of engagement: Instability can be reduced but only if credibility is achieved through the use of ‘simple rules’
by Rebecca Driver & Simon Wren‐Lewis - 159-162 Women need the work: Why women part‐timers must not be branded as stealing full‐time work from men
by Matilda Quiney - 163-167 Springing the poverty trap: The current benefit system contains too many disincentives
by Robert Walker - 168-172 The National Health Market: Unless we tackle the doctors, health reforms will fail to deliver
by Alan Maynard - 173-176 The trappings of office: The traditional workplace is out‐moded and ripe for radical change
by Bruce Lloyd - 177-180 Getting Sweden on track: Diagnosing the ills of Sweden's once booming economy and finding a fitting prescription
by Kristina Persson & Knut Rexed - 181-184 Folies a gauche: The Socialists' recent drubbing in France can be traced back to a misreading of the Mitterrand experiment
by Serge Hlimi & Jonathan Michie - 185-189 Not very productive: Did the 1980s really make British Manufacturing and productivity much more efficient?
by John Wells
June 1994, Volume 1, Issue 2
- 67-67 Deregulating too far
by Dan Corry - 68-73 Labour market woes: Deregulation of the labour market has ignored the long‐term
by Ken Mayhew - 74-78 Privatisation: profit and loss: Many people gained from UK privatisation; but many also lost
by Jonathan Haskel - 79-82 Deregulation in the classroom: Parents have more ‘choice’ over schools: how have they reacted?
by Miriam David - 83-88 The case for corporatism: Despite the calls for deregulation: corporatism is still an essential tool
by Andrew Henley - 89-94 CCT: a clean solution?: Compulsory tendering may save local government, not destroy it
by Stefan Szymanski - 95-100 Controlling credit: The macroeconomic consequences of reversing financial liberalisation
by Julia Dabry & Rebecca Driver & John Ireland & Simon Wren‐Lewis - 101-103 Making democracy work> Democracy for south Africa will not be best sered by a free market policy, argues Jonathan Michie
by Jonathan Michie - 104-109 Speculators' tax: International policy coorcdination and national monetary autonomy‐why both are needed and how a trasaction tax would help
by James Tobin