With a number of energy suppliers collapsing in recent weeks, and reports today of two more companies ceasing trading, Professor David Elmes from Warwick Business School and Professor Mike Waterson from the Department of Economics comment on some of the factors that have led to this situation.

Hear from Professor Nigel Driffield from WBS, as he discusses how we define what we mean by “essential work”.

Nick Chater, Professor of Behavioural Science in the Warwick Business School, writes for The Guardian:

"In times of national crisis, governments need to act, advise and inform. But they also need to tell stories that allow us, as citizens, to understand government policy and, crucially, to coordinate our individual efforts towards a common goal."