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Why did nobody see ‘it’ coming? And what is ‘it’?
Systemic risk was the real culprit in the 2008 financial crisis and, with banks continuing to borrow huge amounts, the dangers are still there Andrew Hindmoor, Professor of Politics, University of...
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Registration now open for ‘Andrew Haldane In Conversation’
Andy Haldane The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) is holding the second of its ‘In Conversation’ evenings at 6pm, Thursday 20 February 2014 in Firth Hall, University of Sheffield....
View ArticleSPERI launches British Political Economy Briefs series
The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) is today launching a new series of publications, SPERI British Political Economy Briefs. The first edition, ‘Pay in Manufacturing and...
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Business as usual as City pay soars while manufacturing stagnates
George Osborne promised a ‘march of the makers’ but as yet there is little sign that a resurgence of manufacturing is helping the economy to rebalance Craig Berry, Deputy Director at SPERI As late as...
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Thanks for attending ‘Andrew Haldane In Conversation’
It was another full house on Thursday 20 February, when Andrew Haldane (Executive Director for Financial Stability at the Bank of England and University of Sheffield alumnus) returned to Sheffield....
View ArticleVideo: In Conversation with Andrew Haldane
If you missed ‘In Conversation with Andrew Haldane (Executive Director for Financial Stability, Bank of England)’ on Thurs 20 February 2014, you can now watch the video in full below. You can also find...
View ArticleNew SPERI Paper by Ben Clift
You can now download the next in the SPERI Paper series Paper No.10 – The Hollande Presidency, the Eurozone Crisis & the Politics of Fiscal Rectitude by Ben Clift (SPERI Honorary Research Fellow...
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The joy and the benefit of fieldwork
By actually meeting and listening to people in New York I learnt much about how important the rating agencies were to the financial crisis, and how little has since changed in their world Timothy J....
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What happened to the Lisbon Agenda?
The European economy has been financialised, rather than ‘Lisbonised’ Guest post by Kean Birch By 2010, the European Union was supposed to be the world’s ‘most competitive and dynamic...
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Citizenship in a financialised society
The Conservative government’s promotion of financialisation is transforming citizenship in the UK Craig Berry, Deputy Director at SPERI While the New Labour-ish language of ‘financial inclusion’ and...
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Macroeconomic governance since the financial crash
Acknowledging the redundancy of silo governance will be a vital first step in creating the new macroeconomic institutional arrangements we need Andrew Baker, Faculty Professorial Fellow, SPERI The most...
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Has the salience of ‘saving’ in British political discourse declined?
The practice of saving has been complexified, but the concept has until recently retained discursive significance as part of an ‘asset-based welfare’ agenda. The 2017 election may, however, have...
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Public aid is driving financial innovation to support international development
International development is increasingly being financed in innovative new ways. Public aid money is critical and its role should be celebrated more Gail Hurley, Policy Specialist on Development...
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