Expert Comment
Professor Wyn Grant from the Department of Politics and International Studies comments on the Red Knights plan to takeover Manchester United by tempting the Glazers with a large offer.
The BBC asks Economics Professor Andrew Oswald - Does winning the lottery make you happy? Prof Andrew Oswald said; "Although many people don't want to hear the evidence, it is overwhelmingly that winning the lottery makes you happier and improves your mental health." Read more on the BBC website
Professor Mark Harrison, Department of Economics, discusses the Climate Hold–Up at Copenhagen.
"Climate change . . . puts the world's resources at risk, and cannot be solved without bringing the world's resources into play. Any solution requires multinational commitment, coordination, and bargaining."
"In a year when big government is all the rage, the prize committee has chosen to honour two scholars whose work cautions against big government solutions to economic problems."