The school is targeted to doctorate and post-doctorate students in economics, economic history and related disciplines. Topics: - International patterns of convergence and divergence - Comparative energy intensities and the environment - Institutions and the performance of labour and capital...

The twentieth century has witnessed a multitude of attempts in different national settings to constrain consumption with a view to the fulfilment of a variety of different economic agendas. Usually this has happened in response to a perceived state of crisis such as that brought about by the...