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Greece: Can’t Pay/Won’t Pay?
How much can one country squeeze out of another? Mark Harrison, Professor of Economics, explores Greece's financial debt.
Russia’s national income in war and revolution, 1913 to 1928
A new collaborative piece from Mark Harrison, Warwick's Professor of Economics, and Andrei Markevich, Assistant Professor of Economic History at the New Economic School, Moscow. The two academics explore Russia’s economic catastrophe at the start of the 1920s in the hope of yielding lessons for the relationship between state capacity, government policies, and economic development.
'George Osborne is like Mr Micawber'
Leading economic historian and Director of the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy Professor Nick Crafts compares the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Charles Dickens' ever-optimistic character - hoping that something will 'turn up' to boost his fortunes.
Political Costs of the Great Recession
Professor Mark Harrison from the Department of Economics explores the link between the fall of economy and the rise of right-wing politics.