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Economic growth and equality
Publication
28 March 2023

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: When (and why) independent service delivery is preferable to collaborative public management

Drawing on a notable case of collaborative failure in England we show that misdiagnosing public service problems as being of a type likely to be cured by joint working also generates poor results, and belongs conceptually prior to many “go-to” explanations of failure.

Thomas ElstonGermà BelHan Wang
Public sector
Economic growth and equality
In the media

Philosophers' Magazine

Inequality in Retirement

Jonathan Wolff argues that the superrich are not the only beneficiaries of systemic economic inequality.

Jonathan Wolff
Inclusion
Alfred Landecker Programme
...
Economic growth and equality
In the media

Pitchfork Economics

Fair social contracts

Eric Beinhocker talks to Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein about his latest research on fair social contracts for an episode of the Pitchfork Economics podcast.

Eric Beinhocker
Economy
Economic growth and equality
In the media

The Conversation

UK energy windfall tax: what it is and why it needs to change

İrem Güçeri's piece explains how windfall taxes work and why the UK needs a stronger windfall tax design to bring in more money, more efficiently.

İrem Güçeri
Economy
Economic growth and equality
...
United Kingdom (UK)
In the media

BBC Radio 4

Oloni, Women in Politics, Forever Friends?

Ngaire Woods is on Woman's Hour to discuss the recent IMF warning to the UK government after the announcement of tax cuts.

Ngaire Woods
Economy
Economic growth and equality
...
United Kingdom (UK)
In the media

BBC Radio 4

Excess profits, windfall taxes and incentives

Irem Guceri is one of the guests on this episode of The Bottom Line focusing on windfall taxes and recent government announcements on taxes.

İrem Güçeri
Economy
Economic growth and equality
...
United Kingdom (UK)
In the media

Climate Home News

Corporate pushback against climate action is getting desperate

Thomas Hale, who is co-chair of the independent Expert Peer Review Group of the Race to Zero campaign, says that the initiative was told they could be sued for saying new coal isn’t compatible with science-based targets.

Thomas Hale
Climate and environment
Economic growth and equality
In the media

Fortune

‘Each passing day life is becoming unbearable’: How Putin’s war in Ukraine is wreaking economic havoc from Pakistan to Sri Lanka and destabilising governments worldwide

Shahrukh Wani quoted in a feature story on emerging market crises.

Shahrukh Wani
Economy
Economic growth and equality
In the media

The Observer

Forget trickle down, what the UK needs is middle-out economics

Eric Beinhocker and Nick Hanauer argue that the focus should be on the real driving force behind economic growth, the 'middle'.

Eric Beinhocker
Economy
Economic growth and equality
...
United Kingdom (UK)
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