Advantage Magazine, Nick Crafts Tribute Edition - Spring 2024

Welcome to this issue of Advantage Magazine…

The latest issue of Advantage Magazine is dedicated to Professor Nick Crafts - an outstanding economist and founder of the CAGE Research Centre who died last year.

During his 10 years as director of CAGE, Nick oversaw the development of the Centre into a vibrant research community and personally contributed a large amount of impactful and policy-relevant research.

Nick's pioneering work on British economic growth in the Industrial Revolution made his early reputation. He became a specialist in the long-run sources of economic improvement in many regions and his insights into 20th century British economic history were widely sought by policymakers.

With articles by Nick’s colleagues, friends, and students globally, this special edition gives an insight into his amazing career and the legacy his work left on economic development.

In this issue...

An inspiring and important economic historian
Stephen Broadberry

The spatial distribution of economic activities
Nikolaus Wolf

Thirty-five years of joint research and recreation
Terence Mills

The leading economic historian of his generation
Tim Leunig

Research and agglomeration economics
Alexander Klein

Reflections on the view of the Industrial Revolution
Knick Harley

Parting Shot
Mar Rubio-Varas, Jose Rowell Corpuz, Alfonso Herranz-Loncán, Guillaume Daudin

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