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Dame Nancy Rothwell, the President of Manchester University arrived at University Place yesterday to debate the purpose of education with hip-hop artist Akala, Steve Jones from the Manchester Institute of ...

Our next event in our lecture series “An Introduction to Heterodox Economics: What they won’t teach you in an Economics Degree” will be presented by leading Development Economist and Professor ...

From the Vienna University of Economics and Business, last Tuesday, Clive Spash came to Manchester to deliver a talk on the environmental school of economic thought. After the recent, strikingly ...

Myth busting: Post-Crash and the NSS A recently published article about the University of Manchester economics department’s declining National Student Survey (NSS) results has brought to the surface concerns among ...

Tomorrow in Manchester, we have Gerry Steele giving a talk on the Austrian school of economic thought. The Austrian school emphasises the importance of individuals in economic transactions, and in particular, ...

We are glad that the coverage of our society seems to have renewed debate about the state of economics, economists and economics education. In particular, we appreciate the thoughtful response ...

Peter Backus, one of our lecturers here at Manchester, invites you to engage in an open discussion about the current standings of our Economics education. In this open letter to ...

“Please know that this decision was not rash. In fact, it was anything but—it was completely devoid of emotion. I just made a series of quantitative calculations, culled from available ...

“…that’s what Economics is all about: understanding the material conditions of our existence, the jobs we do, the incomes we receive…things we buy…the role of governments in providing our rights…the ...