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Why is African trade underperforming?

Tuesday 24 January 2023 · Professor David Luke
Economics
Depiction of African trade

Recommended reading on the future of world trade

Tuesday 27 January 2026 · LSE Review of Books
Economics
Montage of the book covers recommended in this reading list.

Understanding African trade is key to helping its development

Tuesday 24 January 2023 · Professor David Luke
Economics
An aerial view of cars on a highway

Helping to predict trade flows at a time of global crisis

Tuesday 4 May 2021 · Mariarosaria Comunale, Justas Dainauskas, Povilas Lastauskas
Economics
trade flows after global shocks

AI and the stock market: are algorithmic trades creating new risks?

Tuesday 23 September 2025 · Maximilian Goehmann
AI and tech
Graphic with stock market numbers and the text "error on execution"
Economics
Egyptian street sellers on the streets of Cairo

Bonds of freedom: the long fight beyond abolition

Tuesday 23 September 2025 · Dr Jake Subryan Richards
Race equity
Two enslaved people holding a baby

Uncovering the economics of a slave ship

Wednesday 21 September 2022 · Dr Anne Ruderman
Race equity
Illustration of a slave ship in an old book

How should the UK reset its global role following Brexit?

Thursday 11 March 2021 · Professor Linda Yueh
Economics
There are opportunities for the UK following Brexit, but it must take a strategic approach, argues Linda Yueh

Leveraging opportunities from Global Value Chains for regional development

Tuesday 25 July 2023 · Professor Riccardo Crescenzi, Oliver Harman
Economics
Map of the world showing the global nature of trade and Global Value Chains