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Volume 33, month 10, 2013

Introduction pp. 287-287

J. R. Shackleton

Secession in the European Union pp. 288-302

Roland Vaubel

Credit Default Swaps: Risk Hedge or Financial Weapon of Mass Destruction? pp. 303-311

Shalendra D. Sharma

The Return Of Centralised Energy Planning pp. 312-326

Colin Robinson

The UK and the Eurozone: Sovereign Debt Management and Monetary Policy pp. 327-333

G. R. Steele

The Scottish Enlightenment and Scottish Independence pp. 334-347

Craig Smith

Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: Icelandic and Irish Policy Responses to the Banking Crisis pp. 348-360

David Howden

The Effectiveness of Delhi's Fire Safety Regulation Amidst Poverty, Ignorance, Corruption and Non-Compliance pp. 361-378

John M. Cobin

Central Bank Independence: A Victim of the Crisis? pp. 379-385

Forrest Capie and Geoffrey Wood

The Post-Communist Transition Should Not Be Misinterpreted pp. 386-388

Václav Klaus

Rejoinder pp. 389-390

Dalibor Roháč

What Money Can Buy: Michael Sandel's Intuitions of Injustice and Inferiority pp. 391-399

Elaine Sternberg

Positive Linking: How Networks Can Revolutionise the World by Paul Ormerod. London: Faber and Faber ( 2012 ), 308 pp. ISBN-13: 978 0 571 27920 3 (pb); £12.99 pp. 400-401

John Phelan

The Unloved Dollar Standard: From Bretton Woods to the Rise of China by Ronald I. McKinnon. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press ( 2013 ), 220 pp. ISBN: 978 0 19 993700 4 (hb); £17.50 pp. 401-403

David Howden

Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Blyth. New York: Oxford University Press ( 2013 ), 285 pp. ISBN: 978 0 19 982830 2 (hb); $24.95 pp. 403-405

Ali Kabiri

The Fabric of Society and How it Creates Wealth: Wealth Distribution and Wealth Creation in Europe 1000–1800 by Charles F. Foster and Eric L. Jones. Northwich, Cheshire: Arley Hall Press ( 2013 ), 130 pp. ISBN: 978 0 9518382 5 9; £7.00 pp. 405-406

John Clarke

The Public Debt Problem: A Comprehensive Guide by Pierre Lemieux. New York: Palgrave Macmillan ( 2013 ), 212 pp. ISBN: 978 1137298072; £18.99 pp. 407-408

David Howden

Volume 33, month 06, 2013

Introduction pp. 155-155

J. R. Shackleton

The Unintended Consequences of Italy's Labour Laws: How Extensive Labour Regulation Distorts the Italian Economy pp. 156-173

Matthew Melchiorre and Emilio Rocca

The Economics of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol pp. 174-189

Barrie M. Craven, Michael Marlow and Alden F. Shiers

Government Time Discounting and Required Rates of Return: UK History and Current Issues pp. 190-206

Michael Spackman

Media, Education and Corruption: Investigating the Associations pp. 207-219

Nabamita Dutta and Sanjukta Roy

No Plan B: But is There a ‘Third Way'? pp. 220-231

Kent Matthews

Challenging The Spirit Level: Is There Really a Relationship between Inequality and Obesity? pp. 232-245

Darshan Zala

Does the Lisbon Treaty Effectively Limit the Power of the European Union? pp. 246-256

Émilie Ciclet

The UK Productivity Puzzle – Or Is It? pp. 257-262

J. R. Sargent

Friedman versus Hayek on Private Outside Monies: Comment pp. 263-264

I. Harry David

Ethical Misconduct and the Global Financial Crisis: Comment pp. 265-265

Richard Dean

Rejoinder pp. 266-267

Elaine Sternberg

Preindustrial Cliometrics pp. 268-278

Mark Koyama

What is the Use of Economics? Teaching the Dismal Science after the Crisis – Edited by Diane Coyle pp. 279-282

Malcolm Rees

The Clash of Economic Ideas: The Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Last Hundred Years – By Lawrence H. White pp. 282-283

David Howden

The Malign Hand of the Markets: The Insidious Forces on Wall Street that are Destroying Financial Markets – and What We Can Do About it – By John Staddon pp. 284-285

Terence Kealey

Volume 33, month 02, 2013

Introduction pp. 1-1

J. R. Shackleton

Restoring Credible Economic Governance to the Eurozone pp. 2-17

Bodo Herzog and Katja Hengstermann

Ethical Misconduct and the Global Financial Crisis pp. 18-33

Elaine Sternberg

Were the Hartz Reforms Responsible for the Improved Performance of the German Labour Market? pp. 34-47

Metin Akyol, Michael Neugart and Stefan Pichler

Why Developing Countries Have Failed to Increase Their Exports of Agricultural Processed Products pp. 48-64

Sushil Mohan, Sangeeta Khorana and Homagni Choudhury

What Are the Lessons from Post-Communist Transitions? pp. 65-77

Dalibor Roháč

What Was ‘New’ About Neoliberalism? pp. 78-92

William Coleman

Do Private Prisons Really offer Savings Compared with their Public Counterparts? pp. 93-107

Richard J. Kish and Amy F. Lipton

The Libertarian Character of the Islamic Economy pp. 108-118

Ali Salman

Liberty and the Post-utilitarian Society pp. 119-126

Gilles Saint-Paul

Friedman Versus Hayek on Private Outside Monies: New Evidence for the Debate pp. 127-135

William Luther

Robert Frank's Call to Arms: Government to the Rescue? pp. 136-144

James Hill

Review of Childcare Markets: Can They Deliver an Equitable Service? pp. 145-146

J. R. Shackleton

Review of Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System pp. 146-148

David Howden

Review of First Principles: Five Keys to Restoring America's Prosperity pp. 148-150

G. R. Steele

Review of Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow pp. 150-152

Dalibor Roháč

Review of Santayana's Curse pp. 152-154

David Howden