Sir Arthur Lewis, today
Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it – especially in the case of economics. The vigorous…
LSE academics join Nobel laureates in quest to explain inequalities
In 2015, the economists Angus Deaton and Anne Case published a paper which claimed to have made a discovery that…
LSE Fourth in Leading Economics Research Ranking
LSE now ranks fourth in the Tilburg University Top 100 Worldwide Economics Schools Research Ranking, behind Harvard University, The University…
Academics ask: Should we be the London School of Economics OR Political Science?
It was billed as an epic clash between two major disciplines, and despite the odds, an unlikely winner emerged from…
Over my dead body: why even the left dislikes inheritance tax
As with so many taxes, duties on estates were introduced in the seventeenth century to finance Britain’s wars. Since then…
The Perfect Gig: Developments in the Modern Economy
Platform businesses have long been on the rise. Tech firms, such as Deliveroo and Uber, have reduced search frictions and…
Economics is Dead – Long Live Political Economy
When the Global Financial Crisis hit in 2008, the economics profession was shaken. The world looked on as economic models…
LSE Campus Becomes Battleground for Economist Civil War
To mark 500 years since the beginning of the Catholic Reformation, ‘Rethinking Economics’, a progressive economics campaign group, nailed its…
“Disorganised” Examination Disappoints Econometrics Students
EC220 and EC221 students are vocalising their frustration over a reportedly “disorganised” and “unfair” economics examination held on January 4th.…
Unboxing The Doughnut: An Interview with Kate Raworth
Features Editor Rajan Soni discusses the challenges facing economic theory in the 21st century with the author of the Sunday…
