Although the international economy seems to be well on the road to recovery, the question remains as to how much of this recovery is of a short-term cyclical nature and how much an expression of a renewed longer-term trend towards economic growth. Are we merely witnessing an increased...

Full employment was the centrepiece of the economic policy of social democracy in the post-war period. Whilst the role of Keynesianism in policy making may be exaggerated, it offered the prospect of maintaining full employment without any section of society having to pay. Problems with the...

Michael Cannon and Michael Bechtel explain how despite the history of global climate negotiations being a history of policy failure, multilateral approaches to climate policy could still be an important tool for addressing climate change, war, hunger and poverty, economic meltdowns, and public...