Writer

Eleanor Hughes

Eleanor Hughes is a third-year Economics student at the University of Edinburgh.

6 published articles

Regulating Artificial Intelligence: An Economic Imperative

AI generates textbook market failures: negative externalities, information asymmetries, and competitive concentration. The economic case for regulation is strong, and the window for effective action is narrowing.

20 March 2026

Opinion

Against a Higher Minimum Wage: The Economic Case

A higher minimum wage is not the most efficient tool for reducing poverty. Better-targeted instruments exist, and the employment costs - especially for vulnerable workers and small businesses - are higher than advocates admit.

10 March 2026

Opinion

The Limits of Free Trade Orthodoxy

The China Shock literature, the pandemic supply chain crisis, and the political backlash against liberalisation all point to the same conclusion: free trade orthodoxy is incomplete.

15 February 2026

Analysis

Carbon Market Fragmentation and the Challenge of Global Climate Coordination

An examination of the growing patchwork of carbon pricing mechanisms and their implications for climate ambition.

15 February 2025

News

Bank of England Cuts Rates to 4.5% as Inflation Returns to Target

The MPC votes 7-2 to cut Bank Rate for the third consecutive time, bringing it to 4.5% and signalling a cautious but sustained path towards looser monetary policy.

6 February 2025

Opinion

AI and Labour Markets: Beyond the Technopanic

The debate about artificial intelligence and employment is too important to be left to either starry-eyed optimists or catastrophists. A sober assessment of the evidence is overdue.

15 March 2024