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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Jun 30 2012
Instead of debating the future of Europe, liberals are content with retreating back to the nation-state.
Leave a commentTweet Martin Eiermann sees the gloom of the Eurozone crisis clouding out prospects of an integrated Europe. He argues that the crisis has spawned a formidable movement seeking retreat into a compartmentalized world of nation-states. This is dangerous – the political and economic costs … Continue reading
Posted by: June 30, 2012
Tagged with: Europe, Eurozone, Liberalism, Liberals, nationalism
Jun 30 2012
Scholars need to move from filling gaps to doing more imaginative and innovative research
1 CommentTweet Our ‘publish or perish’ mentality is sacrificing more imaginative and innovative ideas. Looking at the field of management studies, Marcel Bogers writes that a troubling shortage of novel academic ideas must be tackled by new institutional conditions, rethinking professional norms and … Continue reading
Posted by: June 30, 2012
Tagged with: academic impact, management
Jun 29 2012
Debating academic rigour, hunting the dude, and hurling abuse at Gordon Brown: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Chris Dillow at Stumbling and Mumbling wonders what’s the use of academic rigour when empirical evidence is routinely ignored in policy making. Damian McBride recalls the day five years ago that Gordon Brown became Prime Minister – and had abuse hurled at him by … Continue reading
Posted by: June 29, 2012
Tagged with: blogs, capitalism, Gordon Brown, local government, policy making, weekly round up
Jun 29 2012
Political campaigning is being shaped by the unseen technologies
3 CommentsTweet Mark Pack discusses the ways in which technologies are changing campaigning techniques. Taking part in one of the panels at the excellent Parties, People and Elections: Political Communication since 1900 conference a few weeks ago, I heard Nottingham’s Phil Cowley … Continue reading
Posted by: June 29, 2012
Tagged with: elections, political communication, technology
Jun 28 2012
Richard Layard explains the Manifesto for Economic Sense
5 CommentsTweet Thousands of economists disagree with the austerity policies being followed in so many countries. Yet few speak out and I am one of the guilty ones. That is why Paul Krugman and I have now written a ‘Manifesto for … Continue reading
Posted by: June 28, 2012
Tagged with: austerity, Economic Policy
Jun 28 2012
Call off the hounds: the virulent strain of anti-politics in British journalism is becoming a serious problem
2 CommentsTweet William Brett argues that Chloe Smith’s Newsnight disaster is indicative of a buoyant trend of anti-politics in the British media that is becoming increasingly distasteful and misunderstands the ‘necessary’ hypocrisy in our democratic system. Once it was foxhunting, now … Continue reading
Posted by: June 28, 2012
Tagged with: Chloe Smith, Jeremy Paxman, media
Jun 28 2012
We can’t go on pretending that poverty is solved by getting a job
Leave a commentTweet Chris Johnes argues that getting a job is not necessarily a route out of poverty. Rising costs and falling real wages means that having a job won’t necessarily allow you to make ends meet. What’s worse, the auterity programme is hitting low-income … Continue reading
Posted by: June 28, 2012
Tagged with: jobs, living wage, poverty
Jun 27 2012
Restoring growth and confidence through resource-efficient innovation
2 CommentsTweet Dimitri Zenghelis argues that the government can help stimulate growth by recognising the inevitable transition to a low-carbon economy. This could provide new business opportunities for investors while tapping into a fast-growing global market for resource-efficient activities. The UK faces the prospect … Continue reading
Posted by: June 27, 2012
Tagged with: economic stimulus, economics, green growth, investment, low carbon economy
