The Bank of England is asking the public to give their views on what theme they would like to see represented in the design of the next series of banknotes – through a consultation launching today (2 July 2025).
Dr. David Mussington, cybersecurity expert with two decades of experience, reveals why the clock is ticking on U.S. vulnerabilities under Trump.
As international tensions increase, cyberwarfare and ransomware attacks loom—and America’s digital defenses face a perfect storm of foreign attacks, criminal behavior, and self-inflicted damage.
Has the Inflation Reduction Act hindered pharmaceutical innovation? Evidence shows that the pharma industry can strategically manage disruptive change.
“How can you make sense of the future when you only have data about the past?”
--Clayton Christensen
The most essential work in society isn’t accounted for in economic statistics.
Our paper uses a general equilibrium framework to examine the effects of temperature on firm-level demand, productivity and input allocative efficiency. Using data from Italian firms and detailed climate data, it uncovers a sizeable negative effect of extreme temperatures on firm-level productivity. Based on these estimates, the model generates aggregate productivity losses from local temperature fluctuations that are higher than previously thought, ranging from 0.60% to 6.82% depending on the scenario and the extent of adaptation.
In this episode of Economics and Beyond with Rob Johnson, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson discusses her book The Purposeful Warrior, which explores choosing courage over fear and standing up for democracy.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Kalecki’s seminal lecture in Mexico on
financing economic development, Jan Toporowski's INET Working Paper considers the relevance of
structuralism and Kalecki’s view of economic development for today.
Kalecki challenged the structuralist view by pointing to the internal social class barriers to development, and the need to assure supplies of basic wage goods in order to avoid inflationary pressures that could derail the development process.
