Expert Comment
Khat to be banned by UK government
The herbal stimulant khat is to be banned by the government, against the advice of its own Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. Prof David Anderson is co-author of The Khat Controversy: Dealing with the Debate on Drugs (2007) and was part of the ACDM's Working Party on khat in the UK.
Greece: political meltdown will cut off green shoots of growth
Greece's Democratic Left party says it is pulling out of the coalition government amid a row over the closure of national broadcaster ERT. Sotirios Paroutis, Warwick Business School, gives his analysis.
What can economic history teach us about the BRICS?
Rising public transport costs and the expense of staging the 2014 World Cup has led to protests across Brazil, one of the BRICS countries. Economist Professor Stephen Broadberry looks at what economic history can teach us about the BRICS growth prospects.
Mordor: An Economic History
Department of Economics Professor Mark Harrison explains why we need economic historians and why the USSR reminded him of Tolkien’s Mordor.
Fighting over hospital closures hides a lack of radical thinking
Professor Peter Spurgeon of Warwick Medical School talks to The Conversation about the future of our hospitals.