The Department of Economics blog – BlogEconomics – is designed to promote research – based analysis and commentary by leading and young economists. This blog contains information on topics they are currently researching, including European macroeconomics, global economics, finance, financial regulation, innovation, and also covers all areas of microeconomics, including development, health economics, environmental economics, and international trade; it provides summaries of high quality research and is also a great resource for those who want to keep up with issues but don’t have time to read through entire research papers. Articles cover a broad range of economic fields with the aim of becoming popular among public sector, private sector, and academic economists.