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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Aug 31 2012
Economics in denial, worrying about grade deflation and some extraordinary excuses: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Howard Davies at Social Europe discusses how the disciplines of economics and finance may become more useful in explaining the world. The Economist charts the fall of net migration under the coalition and wonders if this marks a sudden and big change … Continue reading
Posted by: August 31, 2012
Tagged with: economics, GCSE, immigration, schools, wealth tax
Aug 30 2012
A tax on sugary drinks would not be a panacea but it would be a sensible step in the right direction for public health
1 CommentTweet Oliver Mytton and Mike Rayner suggests that a 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks is necessary to encourage better consumption habits and tackle obesity, diabetes and heart disease. It is argued that such economic disincentives could be the most effective mechanism for … Continue reading
Posted by: August 30, 2012
Tagged with: health policy, obesity, tax
Aug 30 2012
What the Olympics didn’t say about Britain’s place in the world
1 CommentTweet Danny Boyle’s Olympic opening ceremony left the British media swooning, with much of the international media likewise impressed, if slightly befuddled. However, Eric Taylor Woods argues that the event organisers missed a chance to show the positive and negative aspects of … Continue reading
Posted by: August 30, 2012
Tagged with: colonialism, London 2012 - Olympic Series
Aug 29 2012
There are large gaps in the knowledge about the costs and benefits of higher education amongst students
1 CommentTweet Applications for university places have fallen largely due to a trebling of university fees and students’ lack of knowledge of how fees will be paid. Sandra McNally, Martin McGuigan and Gill Wyness show that supplying year 10 students with accessible … Continue reading
Posted by: August 29, 2012
Tagged with: Education Policy, tuition fees, universities
Aug 29 2012
British wage inequality: what occupation you have has never mattered so much
1 CommentTweet Mark Williams looks at how occupations relate to the massive rise in British wage inequality between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s, finding that growing inequality is largely between groups and is driven by a small handful of occupations. That Britain … Continue reading
Posted by: August 29, 2012
Tagged with: fairness, pay, wage inequality
Aug 28 2012
Civil servants advising opposition parties: can we afford not to do this?
3 CommentsTweet James Lloyd explains why it should be a no-brainer for civil servants to advise political parties in opposition if it helps to avoid potential policy disasters and the future waste of public money. A recent story in The Times reported that … Continue reading
Posted by: August 28, 2012
Tagged with: civil service, policy disasters, uk politics
Aug 28 2012
The new higher education fees regime could be damaging for the UK economy
1 CommentTweet Paul Whiteley discusses his research into the relationship between enrolments in higher education and economic growth. He finds a significant positive correlation, meaning that the cuts in higher education funding could have negative implications for future economic growth. After the 2010 general election … Continue reading
Posted by: August 28, 2012
Tagged with: Higher Education, tuition fees, universities
Aug 27 2012
The United States needs to do more to reduce emissions and be a true leader in international climate policy
Leave a commentTweet Bob Ward looks at the prospects for international progress on climate policy. Despite President Obama being far better than his predecessor, the US is still one of the countries failing to reduce emissions fast enough. There has been much confusion ahead … Continue reading
Posted by: August 27, 2012
Tagged with: climate change, climate policy, environment, united states
