Alarums and Excursions
Luuk van Middelaar
Crisis after crisis has beset the European Union in recent years – Greek sovereign debt, Russian annexation of Crimea, unprecedented levels of migration, and the turmoil created by Brexit. An organization [...]Read More
The Conservative Challenge to Globalization
Ray Kiely
The benefits of globalization have long been trumpeted by right-wing and centre-left politicians and is enshrined in the neoliberal consensus of western democracies. However, in recent years, conservative [...]Read More
The Economics of Oil and Gas
Xiaoyi Mu
The availability of low-cost energy from fossil fuels – in particular oil – has been the driving force behind postwar global economic growth, such that the petroleum industry has some of the world’s [...]Read More
Market/Place
Christian Berndt, Jamie Peck, Norma M. Rantisi
The term "market" originally portrayed a public space for economic transactions but the term has since evolved into an abstract and disputed idea. Despite modern markets seemingly omnipresent nature, [...]Read More
The Price of Football
Kieran Maguire
Professional football is the most popular sport in the world in terms of both spectator attendance and television viewing figures. As its popularity has grown so has its monetary value. Kieran Maguire [...]Read More
Productivity
Michael Haynes
Productivity looms large in public policy discussions yet many find themselves hard-pressed to explain exactly what the term means. Even within economics, its nature and significance is contested and [...]Read More
Alarums and Excursions *New in Paperback*
Luuk van Middelaar's critically acclaimed analysis of the EU's political metamorphosis over the past ten years of crisis management is now available in paperback.
*Book of the Month* The Price of Football
As Barcelona announces its 2019 profits and overtakes Real Madrid to become the world's richest club, ever wondered how these calculations are made? Kieran Maguire explains how to read and interrogate football club finances.
Rethinking EU Governance Podcast
George Papaconstantinou, author of Whatever It Takes and Panicos Demetriades, author of Central Bank Independence and the Future of the Euro discuss their new books and the future of EU governance.
