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Category Archives: Julian Le Grand
Mar 9 2012
Both economic theory and evidence from the UK shows that state-funded healthcare which incorporates market-type incentives will save more lives and reduce more suffering
4 CommentsCommentary by Allyson Pollock et al misrepresents the findings of economic analyses of quasi-markets says Julian Le Grand. Looking at the evidence (and recognizing the defects of state agencies’ administration of healthcare) shows that quasi-markets with fixed prices perform better. … Continue reading
Posted by: March 9, 2012
Tagged with: choice and competition in the NHS, Health and Social Care Bill, hospitals, markets, uk politics
Nov 17 2011
To ease the pain of devaluation countries should quit the euro – then instantly re-join at a weaker rate.
3 CommentsJulian le Grand proposes a politically feasible and practical solution for Eurozone currency devaluations. As the Financial Times’ chief economics commentator Martin Wolf has pointed out, the fundamental problem facing the Eurozone is a misalignment of internal exchange rates, leading … Continue reading
Posted by: November 17, 2011
Tagged with: austerity, currency, devaluation, Euro, Europe, Eurozone
May 26 2011
A much maligned reform of hospitals is working
1 CommentOne of the Coalition’s central (and most controversial) policies are its proposed reforms of the NHS. Julian le Grand argues that Labour’s introduction of provider competition and patient choice have led to better healthcare and greater efficiencies in the NHS, … Continue reading
Posted by: May 26, 2011
Tagged with: choice and competition in the NHS, David Cameron, government, health policy, healthcare, Labour, NHS, Nick Clegg, politics, power, public spending, Tony Blair
Feb 3 2011
A small charge for a big result: The case of M&S shows that choice can encourage positive environmental behaviour
2 CommentsEncouraging individuals to change their behaviour towards the environment is an increasingly important area of policy-making. Julian Le Grand and Kate Disney find that the introduction of a charge for plastic bags in Marks and Spencer shops successfully encouraged pro-environmental … Continue reading
Posted by: February 3, 2011
Tagged with: behavioural policy, environment, nudge, plastic bags, politics, uk government
Oct 22 2010
This spending review may yet be helpful for social indicators: only time will tell
Leave a commentJulian le Grand gives his thoughts on the spending review, and its possible effects on inequality. In the last two recessions of the early 1980s and the 1990s, inequality and relative poverty actually fell. This was because, while top and … Continue reading
Posted by: October 22, 2010
Tagged with: CSR, inequality, NHS, politics, poverty, public spending, UK, uk government, uk politics
Jul 15 2010
Greater choice and competition in the NHS now provides a mature set of solutions whose time has come
3 CommentsThe government’s proposals for yet another wholesale restructuring of the NHS have predominantly been greeted with scepticism by the media, the Labour opposition and NHS stake-holders. But drawing on his own experience in advising previous Labour governments, Julian Le Grand … Continue reading
Posted by: July 15, 2010
Tagged with: coalition, GP commissioning, hospitals, NHS, NHS reform, politics, UK, uk government, uk politics
