Linda Clarke, Peter de Gijsel & Jorn Janssen (eds) (2000) The Dynamics of Wage Relations in the New Europe (Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic)ISBN 0-7923-7742-7 £83 368 pp.

This review article surveys accounts of the recent global financial crisis by ten leading economists -- nine in the US and one, Martin Wolf, in the UK -- all of whom are critical of mainstream economic thinking. Since their explanations of the crisis are very similar, the review concentrates on...

Claims of labour market discrimination against Catholics run to the heart of the Northern Ireland conflict. This paper assesses British Government led moves to promote fair employment in the region. It argues that initial policies to promote labour market balance were weak and ineffectual but...