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Ben Stanbridge

Ben Stanbridge

Ben is The Worldly's Economics Editor and is studying a master's degree in International Economics at the University of Birmingham.

General Election 2017June 7, 2017

Would renationalisation improve Britain’s railways?

By Ben Stanbridge

Britain’s railway network and its weather have two things in common: both are highly variable in quality, and both provide Britons with ample opportunities…

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General Election 2017May 11, 2017

Not for the many, but for the privileged few: The paradox of Labour’s university tuition fee pledge

By Ben Stanbridge

The Labour party’s manifesto pledge to scrap university tuition fees is a textbook example of the poorly judged politics and misguided policymaking that the…

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EconomicsApril 27, 2017

Four reasons why inequality matters

By Ben Stanbridge

Traditionally, economists have shied away from studying inequality. Controversial in nature, it’s a tricky subject to engage with since any policies that deal with…

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EconomicsMarch 11, 2017

Quantitative Easing in the Eurozone: Where are we now?

By Ben Stanbridge

Two years ago, in late 2014, the spectre of deflation loomed large in the Eurozone economy. The Eurozone’s headline inflation rate had been sliding…

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Economics, World AffairsFebruary 27, 2017

A Greek tragedy: how erroneous economic policies have created a lost decade

By Ben Stanbridge

Seven years ago, in late 2009, with a fragile global financial system following the cataclysmic events of the previous two years, revelations emerged that…

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EconomicsJanuary 8, 2017

Why the recent slump in sterling will not produce an export boom

By Ben Stanbridge

On June 24th, the day after the people of Britain took the momentous decision to leave the EU, the value of sterling plummeted. As…

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Economics, PoliticsNovember 22, 2016

How Donald Trump’s fiscal policy might not be so contradictory

By Ben Stanbridge

During his unconventional and highly controversial campaign to be President, Donald Trump made all kinds of promises regarding economic policy, many of which seemed…

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Economics, PoliticsNovember 19, 2016

The Green Noose: the devastating effects of Britain’s green belts and what to do about it

By Ben Stanbridge

Over the last two decades, property prices in the UK have gone through the roof, rising faster than in any other G7 country. Between…

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Economics, Perspectives, The Economics Of...October 25, 2016

The Economics of Happiness

By Ben Stanbridge

In life there is no truer or widely shared goal than to achieve happiness. Yet the most ubiquitous measure of economic performance – Gross…

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Economics, World AffairsSeptember 28, 2016

Sanctions, sliding oil prices and stagnation: Russia’s economy and the road to recovery

By Ben Stanbridge

Over the past two years, the Russian economy has been buffeted from all sides: Western economic sanctions were imposed in spring 2014 as a…

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