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Football finances: what’s going on with #ManchesterCity?
Some background on Friday's verdict in this 2023 article by @jjreade @EconObservatory
Reactions to the latest news coming soon
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NEW on the Economics Observatory — Manchester City and the 114 verdict: what are the implications?
by J. James Reade (@jjreade)
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The most productive, fastest-growing & heavily invested part of the UK economy is invisible in the data that policy-makers use for decisions. A new classification of frontier firms reveals the scale of the gap & the consequences for interest rates, industrial strategy & growth.
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NEW on the Economics Observatory – UK productivity: why is the frontier economy invisible to policy-makers?
by @Paul_Swinney
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JUST PUBLISHED – UK productivity: why is the frontier economy invisible to policy-makers?
by @Paul_Swinney
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NEW on the Economics Observatory - How has the UK’s financial system changed over the past 100 years?
by Christopher Coyle
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Economics Observatory retweeted
Thank you @DEhnts.
May I give you something else to read?
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To be clear so-called #MMT provides absolutely no basis for guiding monetary and fiscal policy.
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JUST PUBLISHED – How has the UK business cycle changed over the past 100 years?
By Jason Lennard 👇
This article is part of a series to mark the centenary of the Economic History Society @EcHistSoc #EHS100
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NEW on the Economics Observatory - How has the UK’s trade changed over the past 100 years?
by Brian Varian
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Economics Observatory retweeted
Thank you @JohnBarrdear and @annastansbury.
Clearly the revision of hours has a number of implications for our analysis of productivity.
We foresaw the recent revision in hours in our recent survey paper, which can be downloaded here:
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Snapshot below.
I will commission a piece for @econobservatory teasing out the issues arising from the revision to hours and the puzzles it throws up for wages, income per head and our long run view of national wealth.
H/T @MortimerleePaul @IssamSamiriEcon
@ONS @TPIProductivity @camecon
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Where we look for the explanations therefore has to change!
Similarly, where we look for the implications. Slow income per capita growth bc of fewer hours worked is a better story from welfare perspective.
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Those hours findings are very interesting ! Thank you for sharing them.
I look forward to the @EconObservatory piece.
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Economics Observatory retweeted
Debates about globalisation & trade policy have deep historical roots; patterns in goods & services bought & sold by the UK have shifted over past century, alongside the framework that governs world trade - but international commerce remains a defining feature of nation’s economy
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NEW on the Economics Observatory – How have UK businesses changed over the past 100 years?
By Niall MacKenzie ✍️
This article is part of a series to mark the centenary of the Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social #EHS100
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Economics Observatory retweeted
As the General Strike centenary, 1926 is an apt starting point for considering how the governance of UK labour markets has evolved; but 1979 was when the industrial relations system of high trade union & collective bargaining coverage reached maturity before falling into decline
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More in this new piece @EconObservatory, part of a series of @EcHistSoc articles to mark 100 years since the founding of the Economic History Society
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NEW on the Economics Observatory – How have UK industrial relations changed over the past 100 years?
By Niall Cullinane ✍️
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Unemployment has fallen over the last century, although it is rising once again. These figures are driven by both economic performance and matching between workers’ skills and vacancies. Policy-makers need to understand the interactions between the two. buff.ly/wvinlDh
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TODAY on the Economics Observatory - Have economic inequalities in the UK narrowed over the past 100 years?
By Neil Cummins 👇️
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