Evidence & data
The evidence behind the argument.
Browse the sources used to support each chapter of Regulated to Fail, alongside selected further reading for readers who want to go deeper.
- 439
- Direct sources
- 59
- Further-reading items
- 21
- Chapter pages
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The explanatory notes show what each source contributed. Chapter pages also identify the individual manuscript sections associated with each item where that link is recorded.
Part 1
From Charter to Compliance
3 chapters · 99 references
Part 2
The System That Cannot Pay For Itself
5 chapters · 119 references
When Irrational Optimism Hits A Brick Wall
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- 1
- further
- 8
- sections
The Cross-Subsidy Sleight of Hand
- 25
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- 4
- further
- 10
- sections
Why Are The Big Numbers In Brackets?
- 12
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- 1
- further
- 6
- sections
How Is It A Market If The Price Can’t Change?
- 25
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- 1
- further
- 8
- sections
Fuelling The Prestige Furnace
- 25
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- 2
- further
- 9
- sections
Part 3
Whitehall Discovers The Cash Machine
3 chapters · 75 references
Part 4
Why Obvious Solutions Fail
4 chapters · 92 references
Why Universities Cannot Just Share
- 28
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- 3
- further
- 8
- sections
Why Universities Cannot Shrink Meekly
- 18
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- 1
- further
- 8
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Four Ways to Become Fragile
- 7
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- 2
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- 7
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Why Universities Cannot Die Quietly
- 29
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- 4
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- 10
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Part 5
Blame, Responsibility and Other Unfunded Activities
5 chapters · 110 references
The Decisions Deferred
- 19
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- 3
- further
- 9
- sections
What Other Systems Stabilise
- 14
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- 3
- further
- 8
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What Universities Can Do Now
- 14
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- 7
- further
- 10
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What the Sector Must Do Together
- 13
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- 9
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- 7
- sections
What Government Must Change
- 21
- sources
- 7
- further
- 8
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Part 6
Epilogue
1 chapter · 3 references
About this library
Sources are copied from the manuscript’s evidence files and kept separate from the book’s narrative. “Sources” support claims in the chapter; “Further reading” provides useful context that is not necessarily cited directly.