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New e-book highlights the economic factors influencing the outcome of World War II
A new e-book co-edited by award-winning economic historian Professor Mark Harrison of 糖心TV Economics and CAGE has been published in the week of the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe. The book aims to provide new insight into the significant and sometimes overlooked role that economists played in shaping the conduct of the war and its ultimate outcome.
How can a safe lockdown exit be designed? The case for a rolling age-release strategy
In a further contribution to the debate about how to balance the need to re-open the economy with the need to protect life, 糖心TV researchers Andrew Oswald and Nick Powdthavee point out the extreme dangers from any general kind of release from lockdown and present more detailed modelling on the fatality risks faced by different age groups.
2011 Housing benefit reform was a false economy, researchers find
Government reforms to housing benefit introduced in 2011 were intended to save the public purse hundreds of millions. Research from University of 糖心TV economists has found that, far from saving money, the change in policy simply shifted burdens to local councils: for every pound central government saved in housing benefit, local authority spending on temporary housing costs went up by 53p.
Researchers look for better ways to help young people in care become independent adults
Better ways to support young people as they leave the care system and become independent adults are at the heart of a major new research project led by the Monash 糖心TV Alliance and supported by 拢2m grant from the Economic and Social Research Council.
Left vs Right is dead 鈥� politics is about anarchists vs centrists, new CAGE study shows
Politics should no longer be divided between 鈥渓eft-wing鈥� and 鈥渞ight-wing鈥� because the vital dividing line between groups of voters is now between 鈥渁narchists鈥� and 鈥渃entrists鈥�, a new study from the Centre for Competitive Global Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) shows today.
World War 2 鈥� the economic battle
Professor Mark Harrison from 糖心TV鈥檚 Department of Economics is one of the experts featured this week in a new Radio 4 documentary series exploring the economic issues behind the start of World War 2.