Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Following the debate for and against university fees, LSE lecturer Tim Leunig gives his take on that contest. What are the benefits of going to university? Going to university is profitable for individuals, on average, and for any given A-level grades. Although a handful of degrees (e.g. medicine) are particularly profitable, once you take into account A-level [...] Related posts: New figures...
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
This week Liberal Democrat Voice is running a series of articles from Tim Leunig about the economy - how we got here and what we should do next. So far the series has covered bank bailouts, bank lending, fiscal policy, interest rates and tax policy. Today’s final part looks to the long term future. Getting the [...]
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
This week Liberal Democrat Voice is running a series of articles from Tim Leunig about the economy - how we got here and what we should do next. So far the series has covered bank bailouts, bank lending, fiscal policy and interest rates. Tax policy The rapid deterioration in the fiscal position should worry us all. The [...]
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
This week Liberal Democrat Voice is running a series of articles from Tim Leunig about the economy - how we got here and what we should do next. So far the series has covered bank bailouts, bank lending and fiscal policy. Interest rates and the Bank of England The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has done [...]
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... there and over here getting more and more complicated, we called on the services of tame economist Tim Leunig to explain it all to us. We’ve run five articles this week with a sixth to follow tomorrow. They were: Bank bailouts , bank lending , fiscal policy , interest rates , tax policy and tomorrow’s final article will be the long term picture . In other economic news, Vince Cable warned...
