| Weekend reading/viewing: Explaining the rise of child labour in Victorian Britain - 2012-05-18 13:03:00 |
| In Victorian Britain child labour was cheap and plentiful. Few today know much about the era; but they should. Next week Jane Humphries, a Professor of Economic History at Oxford University, is due to give a seminar at the Paris School of Economics about her work on the topic. She published a book on Childhood and Child Labour in the British Industrial Revolution in 2010, and her excellent 2010 Tawney lecture summarises that larger work. The lecture is forthcoming in... |
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| Economist job of the week: International economist at Standard Life (2 posts) - 2012-05-17 11:53:42 |
| Edinburgh-based fund manager Standard Life Investments is looking for two economists. According to their vacancy posting: The aim is to have two or more economists, one to focus on OECD economies, especially the UK and Europe, and one to focus on emerging markets, especially China and Asia. These would coordinate international economics coverage with the North Amercian economist based in Montreal. As a result, a considerable degree of travel is probable for one or both positions. The economists would be... |
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| UK recession roundup: the magnificent seven - 2012-04-25 23:30:00 |
| A lot of interesting newspaper articles and blog posts on the Q1 UK GDP results have been published since my post earlier today. Here are links to seven of the best, along with an excerpt from each: 1. NYT columnist and uber econoblogger Paul Krugman (@NYTimeskrugman) lambasts the UK Government's austerity plans: Cameron’s Remarkable Achievement Now Britain is officially in double-dip recession, and has achieved the remarkable feat of doing worse this time around than it did in the 1930s.... |
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