Posted by: Richard Lewney
Publish date: 13th December, 2017 | 9:55am13/12/2017
How should economists operate in a politically charged climate? Is our role to put forward a ‘balanced’ view?
Richard Lewney, our Chairman, argues that by not putting forward an opinion we leave our job half-done.
Cambridge Econometrics recently attracted social media r…
Posted by: Hector Pollitt
Publish date: 6th December, 2017 | 2:47pm6/12/2017
Could robots bring about the downfall of capitalism? Will some humans become totally redundant or will workers simply find jobs in other sectors?
Hector Pollitt explains why scenarios currently being assessed at Cambridge Econometrics are pretty pessimistic as far as jobs are …
Posted by: Guest Blog
Publish date: 28th November, 2017 | 2:59pm28/11/2017
By Ron Martin, Professor of Economic Geography, University of Cambridge
In his budget speech (24 November, 2017), the Chancellor of the Exchequer made much of the need to raise national productivity.
Since 2007, and the onset of the financial crisis, productivity growt…
Posted by: Hector Pollitt
Publish date: 23rd November, 2017 | 4:47pm23/11/2017
It’s been a week since the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Bonn, so it must be time to start thinking about Christmas (or in my case this year, my wedding!). But before moving on completely it is worth spending some time reflecting on the events of the last few weeks.
COP23…
Posted by: Guest Blog
Publish date: 15th November, 2017 | 12:53pm15/11/2017
By Dr James Derbyshire, Senior Research Fellow at Middlesex University
In both our professional and personal lives, what is most available and prominent in our mind’s eye is what is already true, as represented by the present situation. Because of this availability of the pr…
Posted by: Hector Pollitt
Publish date: 14th November, 2017 | 3:14pm14/11/2017
This blog post is the result of a Twitter discussion started by the SIM4NEXUS EU research project and including the economist Kate Raworth, the author of the recently published book ‘Doughnut Economics’.
On the thread there was general agreement that mainstream neoclassical ec…
Posted by: Hector Pollitt
Publish date: 1st November, 2017 | 1:38pm1/11/2017
Cambridge Econometrics’ projections suggest that the carbon emissions gap to 2°C might be 10 GtCO2e in 2030, notably less than projections by other research institutes, including those in the UNEP report published this week. There is reason to be optimistic.
But …
Posted by: Chris Thoung
Publish date: 11th October, 2017 | 10:35am11/10/2017
The latest edition of the Gender Equality Index, published today, shows that Europe is moving in the right direction. However, as the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)* says, this progress has come at a snail’s pace.
The Index highlights conti…
Posted by: Sachin Babbar
Publish date: 4th October, 2017 | 3:27pm4/10/2017
Autonomous vehicles will change settlement patterns by removing the need to live close to our workplace or public transportation. This will enable people to leave cities, swapping urban life for peaceful, rural locations.
Accidents caused by drink driving and human error will …
Posted by: Phil Summerton
Publish date: 21st September, 2017 | 9:18am21/9/2017
An issue that often arises when discussing a transition to electric vehicle use is fuel duty revenues, and how and whether governments will enforce new taxes to replace them.
How much revenue does fuel tax generate, and how long would it take for UK fuel duty revenue to reach …