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How do we procure well-being?

How do we procure well-being?

Posted on 13 July 2020 by alicehorn

Caption: (L-R) Dr Jane Lynch, Reader in Procurement at Cardiff Business School, and Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, led the latest in Cardiff Business School's Breakfast Briefing Series. […]

NHS Wales: what one sector’s fate after Brexit might mean for whole country

NHS Wales: what one sector’s fate after Brexit might mean for whole country

Posted on 20 September 2019 by Laura Reynolds

Brexit may be stuck in a waiting room, but what might its implications mean for healthcare in Wales? In our latest blog, Dr Laura Reynolds and her Welsh Economy Research […]

‘Now you see it, now you don’t’ — Is the university pension fund really in deficit?

‘Now you see it, now you don’t’ — Is the university pension fund really in deficit?

Posted on 21 August 2019 by Woon Wong

In our latest blog post, Dr Woon Wong argues that the discount rate currently used to value the liabilities of the Universities’ Superannuation Scheme is too low, and that the […]

Ford Bridgend closure

Ford Bridgend closure

Posted on 20 June 2019 by Professor Calvin Jones

In our latest post, Professor Calvin Jones and Dr Gavin Harper explain how the UK’s car industry could stage a revival by recycling rare earths. The intended closure of Ford’s Bridgend engine […]

New focus on the foundations of the UK’s economy might help poorest regions post-Brexit

New focus on the foundations of the UK’s economy might help poorest regions post-Brexit

Posted on 27 March 2019 by Dylan Henderson

Known as the foundational economy, these “basics” are all the goods and services that provide the social and material infrastructure for society . In our latest post, Dr Dylan Henderson […]

Is Theresa May’s £1.6 billion fund for English towns enough to rebalance Britain’s skewed economy?

Is Theresa May’s £1.6 billion fund for English towns enough to rebalance Britain’s skewed economy?

Posted on 27 March 2019 by Professor Calvin Jones

Critics have described the fund as a bribe, a rescue attempt and another opportunity to slip further behind In our latest post, Professor Calvin Jones considers the merits of the […]

Labour and Wales

Labour and Wales

Posted on 5 February 2019 by Jonathan Rees

Professors Leighton Andrews and Calvin Jones discuss the new Welsh First Minister's campaigning platform of ‘21st Century Socialism’ and its potential to change Wales and the Welsh economy. Taking in […]

Why sport matters

Why sport matters

Posted on 31 January 2019 by Professor Laura McAllister

A former Wales football international and national team captain, Professor McAllister was Chair of Sport Wales between 2010-16. In our latest post, Professor Laura McAllister explains why sport matters in […]

Jair Bolsonaro: how business elites helped him to power in Brazil – and why they might regret it

Jair Bolsonaro: how business elites helped him to power in Brazil – and why they might regret it

Posted on 30 November 2018 by Heike Doering

Bolsonaro emerged from relative obscurity. Using similar tactics to Donald Trump, he made outrageous comments, amplified by social media, to stoke up fears about urban violence, the destruction of “traditional” moral values […]

Is the tide turning on regulating Facebook and Google?

Is the tide turning on regulating Facebook and Google?

Posted on 6 November 2018 by Leighton Andrews

If Brexit happens, the UK will not be immune from the regulatory tide. In our latest post, Professor Leighton Andrews argues that Facebook and Google are modern utilities – and […]