1. Life Before Economics 1926-1955 -- 2. Under Treasury Rules 1956-64 -- 3. Short-term Forecasting -- 4. Public Expenditure -- 5. Planning, Tax Reform and Structural Change -- 6. Gatecrashing the Cambridge Tradition -- 7. Public Expenditure Revisited -- 8. Sector Balances and ‘New Cambridge’...

Energy security requires the affordable, reliable and sustainable supply of energy, for commercial and household use. A low-cost and uninterrupted energy supply is fundamental for economic development and political stability. China's emergence as a major world industrial producer means that its...

The scepticism of economists—mainstream and heterodox—towards "new economy" ideas goes beyond the indignation of long-established traditions being told to rewrite their basic rules. With its emphasis on trade through interand intra-corporate networks, the "new economy" presents a model of...

British firms attach more weight to “hands on” experience than to formal qualifications. They manage to cope with lower proportions of skilled labour than those required by corresponding German firms, without lowering quality of output, mainly by optimising the allocation of their limited...