Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector … China and the other BRICS. These differences are down to differences in industrial policy: in China industrial policy …

In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar's long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. I describe how the book is … an economic history of the period from 1850-1950, with distinguished economists' stories inserted in appropriate places … be interested in their history at all. …

This paper examines the extent of gender gap in private school enrolment in India, an issue that has not been …

We re-explore Able-Smith and Townsend's landmark study of poverty in early post WW2 Britain. They found a large …

This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses … overskilling (prevalence and penalties) are fairly similar between Australia and Britain, the problem appears to be greater in … Britain. …

The paper examines if workplace gender diversity offers some explanation for the decline of unions in Britain. Using …

eventually, food rationing, that were introduced in Britain during the First World War. At the end of the War the Sumner …