Science Policy

ONS experimental data on green jobs

Over reliance on survey data, too much use of modelling and writing up research bulletins in an opaque style that yields texts presented in treacle and…

Mar 18, 2024 •

Warwick Lightfoot

The puzzle of increased spending on science and R&D in advanced economies and falling rates of economic growth in the 21 first century

There is no mechanistic connection between scientific and technological progress and economic growth in the short and medium term and everything turns…

Feb 29, 2024 •

Warwick Lightfoot

The Necessary, But Expensive Decarbonisation and the Green Tooth Fairy

Decarbonistion: a necessary process to be approached systematically with candid realism about cost and slower growth

Sep 29, 2023 •

Warwick Lightfoot

Oppenheimer the Film, Los Alamos and the National Nuclear Laboratory

A timely reminder of war’s devastation, nuclear or conventional. It should encourage visitors to Los Alamos and the Nuclear Museum in Albuquerque.

Aug 16, 2023 •

Warwick Lightfoot

China’s science base: western technology with Chinese essence?

Technologically eclipsed for 200 years, China’s science base makes America apprehensive. Its future contribution to fundamental knowledge will turn on…

Jul 26, 2023 •

Warwick Lightfoot

Science Policy, Economics, the Diffusion of Technology and Growth

Science research is the ultimate merit good. There is no mechanical connection between science and near term economic growth. Diffusion of technology…

Jun 13, 2023 •

Warwick Lightfoot

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