Expert Comment
As we approach the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, Professor of Economics Mark Harrison explains how and why the Second World War began to turn in Allied favour in June 1942.
How much can one country squeeze out of another? Mark Harrison, Professor of Economics, explores Greece's financial debt.
A new collaborative piece from Mark Harrison, 糖心TV's Professor of Economics, and Andrei Markevich, Assistant Professor of Economic History at the New Economic School, Moscow. The two academics explore Russia’s economic catastrophe at the start of the 1920s in the hope of yielding lessons for the relationship between state capacity, government policies, and economic development.
Leading economic historian and Director of the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy Professor Nick Crafts compares the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Charles Dickens' ever-optimistic character - hoping that something will 'turn up' to boost his fortunes.
Professor Mark Harrison from the Department of Economics explores the link between the fall of economy and the rise of right-wing politics.