Category: Economy
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How might TTIP affect the UK?
Amidst divisive debate over the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), Dr Sergey V. Popov examines what this could mean for the UK in the context of a previous free trade agreement.
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Disability, Welfare Reform, and Northern Ireland’s Inactivity Problem
Professor Duncan McVicar asks whether we are taking the right approach to welfare reform and whether changes to disability benefits in Northern Ireland will really help address an ‘inactivity problem’ in Northern Ireland.
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Can universities contribute to economic development?
Professor Nola Hewitt-Dundas asks whether Northern Ireland needs universities? If it does, then should public money be used to support them? If public money is invested in our Universities, then what role should they play in society and the economy?