Hard Stuff – The Mint Magazine

Why we should abandon GDP

Henry Leveson-Gower — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 06:39:21 +0000

Gross Domestic Product is the most popular and useless quantity in economics say Erald Kolasi and Blair Fix. For all that it purports to say, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fails …

Hardcore Peripheries

Henry Leveson-Gower — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:29:52 +0000

Ingrid Kvangraven, Farwa Sial and Carolina Alves explore the relevance of dependency theory today. Why are some countries rich and some poor? Why is it difficult – seemingly impossible – …

Vegan cheese: you may scoff

Henry Leveson-Gower — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:50:12 +0000

An alternative to Somerset’s finest fromage, untainted by animal products, promised to open the way for vegetarians to go the whole hog into vegan eating. Jonathan Chenoweth tells how he …

The triumph of Trumpism

Henry Leveson-Gower — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:49:20 +0000

Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House was cleared and paved by an ignored underclass with the support of more recently socially-demoted segments of US society. John Komlos maps the path. Donald Trump …

What economic reform thinking might have looked like if we’d bothered to do it.

Henry Leveson-Gower — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 20:01:22 +0000

Here I am back… in the Treasury like a recurring decimal – but with one great difference. In 1918 most people’s only idea was to get back to pre-1914. No …

Out of the shadows

Henry Leveson-Gower — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 17:10:59 +0000

How did the central banks find themselves holding the torch that keeps the shadow banks in existence? Leon Wansleben throws some light. You are likely to read this piece at …

The human touch

Henry Leveson-Gower — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:07:48 +0000

There is a world of innovation and entrepreneurism where the bottom line is the last thing that matters. René Kemp tells. We live in a world of marketisation with its …

Austerity stripped bare

Henry Leveson-Gower — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:25:55 +0000

The tightened belt is still in fashion but it’s a style that is transparently thin says Geoff Tily. For years the logic of austerity has governed UK economic policy. In …

Health economics: a prognosis

Henry Leveson-Gower — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:17:36 +0000

Is established thinking in economics up to the challenges presented by healthcare provision? Geoffrey M. Hodgson conducts and examination. “Health economics would seem to be a perfect topic for heterodox …

Behavioural insights in the age of austerity: how research on the psychology of poverty can help us to stay focused on society

Henry Leveson-Gower — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 22:03:42 +0000

Public policy attention toward behavioural insights risks focusing on individual decision-making at the cost of considering the root causes of broader societal problems. But evidence from emerging research that spans …