The real contributions of economics to human welfare might turn out to be very different from what most people even most economists expect.

FORBES: Cosmopolitan Economists

For the most part, he has made Labour electable by adopting many of the Tories' own policies and, just as notably, much of their attitude, in economics, in social policy, on the welfare state, in dealing with crime, even on Europe and the single currency (the official Tory policy on Europe, that is).

ECONOMIST: Can he win?

When it comes to welfare reform, questions of religious faith, political theory, economics and behavioural psychology all converge on the same basic issue.

BBC: God, poverty and the government

Li, who wrote his doctoral thesis in economics, has detailed the critical nature of building a sounder social welfare system.

FORBES: Give China's New Leadership Time to Implement Needed Reforms