Jonathan Haskel's Blog

I am going to hear David Willetts here at Imperial tonight, in the first of the Tech City debates .  The question on the card: "On...

Am I the only one unnerved by the outbreak of anti-immigration feeling on the left at the moment? Such views the right might be expected, bu...

This is a non-technical draft on the Economics approach to innovation .  Literally just off the processor, so may have some typos and not se...

My attempt to answer this question. Universities undertake two major tasks: teaching and research (the third being the administration requ...

Mike Mandel blogs: Hamilton Advocates Countercyclical Regulatory Policy.  Might this be an emergency strategy given the mess we are in? http...

At 9 am in a seminar today David Kester, CEO of the UK Design Council, appeared holding a beer glass.  I was somewhat surprised by this, but...

Here’s how to read the report for non-specialists.   The report is here : http://bankingcommission.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2...

Comment in FT opinion section by Diane Coyle and me up on FT site . Builds a bit on earlier blog post today . 

The critics started early for Vickers report on the future of banking today.  At least at 6.15 on @R4today experts weighed in on how ringfe...

Technical progress makes a cliche out of date as the Forth Bridge Paiting comes to an end . By the way, this will no doubt cause bridge pai...