The following entries, listed by author in alphabetical order, have been shortlisted for this year’s Rybczynski Prize:

• Tera Allas  Delivering productivity and good jobs: why industrial strategy must focus on human capital
• Jack Britton The returns to higher education: new evidence from administrative data in the UK
• Arno Hantzsche and Garry Young  Light at the end of the fiscal tunnel?
• Jennifer Lambert and Steven Paling Why are patients waiting longer for emergency care in England?
• Barry Naisbitt The risks of rising global indebtedness
• Adam Slater Reports of the dollar’s demise are greatly exaggerated

The prize will be announced at the SPE’s Annual Dinner on Monday 11 March with the winner(s) receiving £3,000.

The competition is generously supported by KPMG.