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Airports, Commercial Value and how to Split Hairs

February 6, 2013

In the not too distant past, major UK airports were public assets. In many parts...

Aviation,Infrastructure,Risk,

Macro-economic modelling and its uses

October 9, 2012

An International Macro Symposium conference this week hosted by the ESRC and the Oxford Martin...

Economic Theory,Macro-Economic Modelling,

Contrasting Output and Employment

August 14, 2012

Below is a chart which looks at employment experience over previous recessions and adds in...

Employment,Recession,

How bad is this recession?

August 8, 2012

A number of commentators have pointed out that this is the slowest recovery from recession...

Employment,Recession,

Transparency, Clarity and Understanding

July 30, 2012

The call for more transparency is a compelling one. We should have more information, more...

Public Policy,

Aviation Capacity

April 24, 2012

A conference last week addressed the question of what to do about aviation. This is...

Aviation,Infrastructure,

Some Surprises – But Not Many

March 23, 2012

The Budget this year was perhaps the most leaked ever: a far cry from the...

Budget,Public Policy,Taxation,

21st Century Policy Development

March 21, 2012

I spoke last week at a fascinating day on how policy development needs to be...

Infrastructure,Public Policy,

High Speed 2 – What Can We Know?

March 2, 2012

Henry Overman, in the most recent issue of Centre Piece, the journal of the Centre...

Infrastructure,

The 50p Tax Rate and Writing Letters

February 28, 2012

The Daily Telegraph inferred on Monday Feb 27th that the 50p tax rate was bringing...

Public Policy,Taxation,