London Publishing Partnership: 52 books
Changing London
A Rough Guide for the Next London Mayor
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Changing London is a rough guide for the next mayor of London, capturing the radical but practical ideas of the people of London and embracing a pioneering and collaborative approach to politics. This is the book the voters wrote. It is vital reading for those who would be mayor and those who will decide.
by Bridget Rosewell
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013
London has enjoyed an extraordinary period of growth in the past generation, symbolized by the towers of Canary Wharf built on the skeleton of the old docks. Finance was at the heart of this, so how can London’s economy be reinvented after the financial crisis? Success will depend on several factors...
The Itinerant Economist
Memoirs of a Dismal Scientist
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
Economists and bankers have long been much maligned individuals, but never more so than in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. Working as an economist for various financial institutions for more than twenty-five years Russell Jones had a foot in both camps. He plied his trade in a number of global...
Travel Fast or Smart?
A Manifesto for an Intelligent Transport Policy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Britain does not have a coherent transport policy, and conventional transport economics has reached a dead end. A transport policy should incorporate systematic thinking about the travel needs of society, but in Britain public investment in the transport system has been extraordinarily volatile. We...
Against the Grain: Insights from an Economic Contrarian
Insights from an Economic Contrarian
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Economists and economics have been harshly criticised recently. This book accepts many of the criticisms of conventional theory but argues that the fundamental insights of economics are capable of reinterpretation and reinvention to deal with a host of contemporary concerns – social networks, globalisation,...
by Mike Emmerich
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Britain invented the modern industrial city in the nineteenth century. But by the late 20th century most British cities had become basket cases. Today London overshadows the rest of the country, as the UK's only 'world city'. No other large country is anything like as economically and politically...
Bad Habits, Hard Choices
Using the Tax System to Make Us Healthier
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Consumers in Britain face a curious mix of taxes and duties that are messy, opaque and out of date. They are also unfair: the poorer you are, the more of your income goes on paying these taxes. At the same time, we are ceaselessly bombarded by marketing information that is very one-sided. The foods...
Scandinavian Unexceptionalism
Culture, Markets and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
This book is important to help an international audience understand the cultural peculiarities behind the Scandinavian “success story”. It is also vital that Scandinavians themselves read this book to help them understand the market reforms that are essential for a successful future.
In Focus: The Case for Privatising the BBC
The Case for Privatising the BBC
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
The BBC holds a special place in the world of broadcasting. It derives its funding from a compulsory levy on people who may not even use the service. The protection it receives is justified on the grounds that it contributes to national welfare because of its role in ‘public service broadcasting’....
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Britain and Europe’s Dysfunctional Relationship
Britain and Europe’s Dysfunctional Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
In the noise of the debate about the EU, it is rare for fundamental questions to be asked. For example, for what purposes should we have international institutions at all? Does the EU meet those purposes and, if not, is reform possible? This book considers these questions. An international team of...
Are Trams Socialist?
Why Britain Has No Transport Policy
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Transport is key to our daily lives. The transport system is essential to ensure the movement of people and goods, and most of us will use the roads or public transport every day. Vast sums are tied up in it and are spent on trying to resolve the problems of congestion and delays. And yet it is a...
Digital Transformation at Scale: Why the Strategy Is Delivery
Why the Strategy Is Delivery
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
This book is a guide to building a digital institution. It explains how a growing band of reformers in businesses and governments around the world have helped their organisations pivot to a new way of working, and what lessons others can learn from their experience.
Ayn Rand: An Introduction
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Few 20th century intellectuals have been as influential – and controversial – as the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand. Her thinking still has a profound impact, particularly on those who come to it through her novels, Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead – with their core messages of individualism,...
The Economics of International Development: Foreign Aid versus Freedom for the World's Poor
Foreign Aid versus Freedom for the World's Poor
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Foreign aid and overseas military intervention have been important and controversial political topics for over a decade. The government’s controversial target to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on foreign aid has been widely welcomed by some, but strongly criticised by others. Furthermore,...