Category Archives

Bridget lectures on a variety of topics and is also a broadcaster with a reputation for being able to put complex ideas simply.

Computational Modelling – A Blackett review

March 18, 2018
I am a co-author of this review, published recently, and the product of some intensive...

‘Good Enough’ evidence?

May 25, 2016
We all want evidence based policy and decisions.  However, deciding what constitutes evidence and what...

Statistical rigour and HS2

November 12, 2013
At the Treasury Select Committee, in relation to HS2, Professor Graham said that it was...

Making, Trading and Exporting

April 15, 2013
‘Making, trading, and exporting’ is one of the mantras developed as part of the North...

Macro-economic modelling and its uses

October 9, 2012
An International Macro Symposium conference this week hosted by the ESRC and the Oxford Martin...

Post-Crisis Economics

February 14, 2012
A conference last week brought together a variety of economists from academia and policy to...

Happiness Sceptic

June 3, 2011
I finally got something positive about the project to measure wellbeing. Much of this has...

Abusing the Future

April 22, 2010
We all know that we don’t know what the future will hold but we all...

Making Climate Change win-win

April 11, 2010
This is the theme of the conference of the European Climate Forum this year.Listening to...

To Borrow or not to Borrow?

March 4, 2010
The ICAEW (the accountants) had a conference on securing public finances on Tuesday. They published...