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Stagnation nation: how can Britain pull itself out of its economic decline?

Years of low growth and high inequality have created a difficult economic reality for households across the UK. Baroness Minouche Shafik and Sir Clive Cowdery set out why “The Economy 2030 Inquiry” is so desperately needed, and how it aims to identify a policy-rich path out of the country’s current slump.

Recommended reads for understanding the economy today

This reading list, compiled in collaboration with the LSE Review of Books blog, offers recommendations from LSE researchers of key books for understanding the economy today, and showcases new and recent LSE-authored books on this topic.

The illusion of control: why the financial sector is more vulnerable than ever to a financial crisis

Reforms following the global financial crisis of 2008 were supposed to create a less risky financial world. But has a one-size-fits all approach to regulation simply created a false sense of security? In his new book, Jón Daníelsson argues for a new approach to risk and financial regulation.

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