The persistence of high unemployment has been one of the most puzzling developments of the past twenty years or so. In the UK, unemployment averaged 2.1% betwee

This volume challenges the view that unemployment is exclusively determined by structural characteristics of the labour market and the social benefit system. Ma

This book seeks to analyse the development of the European Union (EU), which was founded upon the principle of the free movement of capital, goods, services and

After a decade or more of privatisation and deregulation there is a growing consensus that government can have a positive role in promoting industrial developme

This collection examines the phenomenon of economic growth with admirable economic vigour and includes contributions from leading academic figures. Theoretical