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Why Our Governing Economic Model is at a Tipping Point
Macroeconomic policy in the UK and the USA has experienced two major periods of breakdown since the start of the twentieth century. But has a third period in the UK already begun?
- Trade
- USA
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Racisms and Antiracisms: Beyond Euro-Americancentricity
We need to extend beyond the US and Europe in how we think about and understand racism and antiracism.
- Equality
- Progressive Politics
- Racism & Antisemitism
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How Covid Changed Relations Between the UK Government and Private Providers
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government used emergency legislation to change its relationship with private providers. This risks a permanent change in government-provider relations, to the detriment of the UK's contracting out framework.
- Trade
- Covid-19
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Why Scientific Advice About Covid-19 Was Ignored in Switzerland
Why did Swiss politics have so much trouble using scientific advice during a major national crisis?
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Prawn Cocktails and Cold Shoulders
Labour leaderships have consistently sought to accommodate the City, while the Conservatives have defied it at important junctures.
- Political Parties
- Trade
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Are Voters Really Ignorant?
Falsehoods can, and often do, impair people’s understanding of politics. But they can also facilitate political understanding. This simple insight has profound implications.
- Constitution
- Parliament
- Voting systems
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UK Energy and Net Zero Transitions
Why have government-business relations and government capacity to act meant that the UK is not on track to achieve Net Zero by 2050?
- Conservative Party
- Trade
- Environment & Climate Change
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Opposition to Covid Vaccines Transcend Left/Right Divisions
Anti-vax views now extend across the political spectrum – a trend with worrying public health and political implications.
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Media
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How the Covid-19 Pandemic Changed Relations Between the Government and Public Service Contractors
The government's response to Covid-19 risks a permanent change in government-provider relations, to the detriment of the UK's contracting out framework.
- Trade
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Policy Makers Must Pay Attention to Employers’ Perspectives
Employers’ views on new expectations under Universal Credit have been puzzlingly absent from both research and policy debates.
- Conservative Party
- Work & Trade Unions
- Health, Education & Welfare
