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The quantity theory of money: a new restatement
Tim Congdon restates and uses the quantity theory of money to explain why inflation reached a 40-year high after Covid-19. While most economists expected prices to fall, Congdon correctly forecast that the resulting expansionary measures would cause an inflation flare-up.
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The service organization
All organizations are becoming service organizations. But most weren’t built to deliver services successfully end-to-end, and the human, operational and financial impacts are abundantly clear. In the digital era the stakes are even higher, given how rapidly services change. Yet default working pr...
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The climate majority project
The successful climate movement won’t be radical or moderate. It has to be both – and it has to be now. The Climate Majority Project calls for a new wave of urgent, inclusive, citizen-led climate action; making space for a diversity of people to show up just as they are, and protect what they lov...
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Capitalism, morality and markets
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Crises of governments
In this short book, Robert Barro, one of the world's leading economists, examines the causes and consequences of the financial crash. In particular, he looks at the effects of fiscal stimulus packages and suggests that, whilst they may lead to an immediate positive impact on growth, the effect wi...
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The business of history
Why are today’s businesses as they are? Building on WH "Beable’s Romance of Great Businesses", a description of 32 significant companies published a century ago, this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
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Black wednesday
Discusses the contribution of ERM membership to Britain's economic performance. This book suggests that Britain joined the ERM 'in despair' after trying various methods of controlling monetary growth without the success that had been anticipated. It discusses how the membership was a precondition...
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The poverty of development economics
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Policy stability and economic growth
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New paternalism meets older wisdom: looking to smith and hume on rationality, welfare and behavioural economics
Erik Matson argues that the new paternalist approach to policy is far too prescriptive, relying on inappropriate conceptions of rationality and welfare, and he looks to the works of Adam Smith and David Hume for a richer vision.
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Imperial measurement: a cost–benefit analysis of western colonialism
Kristian Niemietz looks at the economics of imperialism, drawing on data from various European colonial empires to cast doubt on the claim that empire was a crucial factor in the West’s rise to prosperity. Instead, far from being a story of plunder leading to sustained growth, the story of empire...
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Does advertising increase smoking?
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Assessment and problem-based learning in the law curriculum
Assessment and Problem-Based Learning in the Law Curriculum addresses one of the big questions in legal education: how to adapt curriculum and assessment design for the skills development and employability agenda. The book explores the practical challenges faced by law schools in adapting to the ...
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Unions resurgent? the past, present and uncertain future of trade unions in britain
In this book, J.R. Shackleton examines the history and economics of trade unionism, how the movement has shaped Britain’s economic landscape, and whether the landslide victory achieved by Labour in the 2024 general election will lead to a resurgence in union power and influence.
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Adjudicating construction and engineering disputes
This book provides a comprehensive guide to the process of construction industry adjudication from the perspective of the adjudicator. It covers the whole process of adjudication, from the initial enquiry through case management, the conduct of the proceedings, the production of the Decision and ...
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Self employment
Considers issues that are central to our understanding of self-employment in the UK. This title offers a review on the evidence of the role of self employment and entrepreneurship in employment creation. It also considers self-employment as a route for advancement of many groups in society that f...
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Pricing our roads
Uses geographical and economic modeling to examine the potential effects of different types of road user charging schemes. This title explains the results of the modeling. It also looks at the implications of road user charging and identify other policy areas that policymakers would need to consi...
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A heretic's manifesto
We need more heretics. Throughout history, it has been those brave enough to puncture the prevailing groupthink who have propelled society forward. But they are in shockingly short supply today. In this collection of original essays, Brendan O’Neill remakes the case for heresy – and commits a few...
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A conversation with harris and seldon
From the mid 1950s to the late 1980s, the authors battled against a conventional wisdom which was hostile to markets. They worked for the IEA. This title provides many insights into how they worked and what obstacles they encountered.
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Diseased, douched and doctored
Is there any scientific evidence that drinking or bathing in hot mineral waters has a therapeutic effect, or is it just a glorified placebo? Focusing on Britain's premier spa at Bath, this book examines how and why 'taking the waters' was regarded as an efficacious therapy by both patients and pr...
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Why you dread work: what’s going wrong in your workplace and how to fix it
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Transport for humans
This is the moment. Climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and changing work–life priorities are shaking up long-held assumptions. There is a new way forward. This book maps out how to design transport for humans.
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Platformland
Platformland describes the types of interaction we should expect from the next generation of public services, the digital platforms and infrastructure they will be built with, and the public sector design values needed to make them a reality. It includes 30 illustrated design patterns, 10 strateg...
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Towards a humane refugee policy for the european union
Towards a Humane Refugee Policy for the European Union outlines a clear and detailed proposal on how to engage municipalities and civil society initiatives in the relocation and reception of migrants and asylum seekers. The proposals that the book contains do not represent a panacea for the EU’s ...
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Housing: where’s the plan?
With so many conflicting views and a balance to be struck between growth and conservation, what housing market outcomes might be regarded as a success for policymakers? This book attempts to give at least some answers, concluding with a list of criteria by which success might be judged along with...
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Dialogues, disputes and dreams among jews, christians and muslims
In the spring of 2022 a group of Muslim, Christian and Jewish practitioners, leaders and scholars met in Toledo, Spain to discuss ways to respond to our present world-crisis of mistrust and misapprehension. This book is the result of that historic encounter.
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Classical liberalism - a primer
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Raising the roof
Raising the Roof addresses one of the key issues of our era - the UK's housing crisis.
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Facing up to climate reality: honesty, disaster and hope
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The economics of law
Economic analysis is increasingly being applied beyond its traditional precincts of the marketplace and the economy. One area where this has happened is in the economic approach to law: the application of economic theory (mostly price theory) and statistical methods to examine the formation, stru...
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