Teaching of Economics
Asian Rice Crisis
The credit crunch is rivalled, arguably, by increasing food prices as a cause of economic (and human) concern in 2008.
This article from the BBC looks at some of the implications and you can watch/show videos on the rice crisis here.
read more...»Economics features in the new edition of Latte
The Summer 2008 edition of Latte Magazine is published later this week and, once again, it provides lots of useful and interesting resources for Economics teachers.
read more...»Blast from the past
Clearing out a (very) old economics department broom cupboard ... no one seems to have set foot in it for at least twenty years .... I came across this reminder of my earliest days as a schoolboy economist - the wonderful Question of Economics produced in the (late?) 1970s by Yorkshire Television and presented by Peter Donaldson and Zeinab Badawi. I wonder how many other grizzled economics teachers still have a copy of this in their collection? And what happened to Peter Donaldson?
A more up to date Question of Economics is the title of this excellent blog.
Economics at the Movies - The Visitor
Thanks to Tyler Cowen over at Marginal Revolution for flagging this one up. The Visitor is a story about an Economics professor at Conneticutt University whose life takes an unusual twist when he returns home from an assignment to deliver a paper at a conference. Further details (and the movie trailer) are here.
Public Lectures at the LSE
The summer programme for the public lecture series at the LSE has just been published and can be found here. Two speakers in particular caught my eye.
Tim Harford at the RSA
I headed to the Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts yesterday to hear Tim Harford speak on The Logic of Life. Tim’s talks in London are invariable a sell out and last night was no exception. His recent globetrotting book tour has afforded the opportunity to flesh out some of the key themes in his book and we were treated to a very entertaining and thought provoking talk.
Economics Revision Workshops Summer 2008
The programmes for our intensive one-day revision workshops for AS & A2 Economics are being finalised as we prepare for what should be a really useful series of revision days.
read more...»The best £4.79 you will spend this summer
Robert Frank’s book “The Economic Naturalist” is published in paperback in the UK this month and is available for £4.79 from Amazon. Full of really interesting economic enigmas, I have used it on several occasions with my students and the feedback has been superb. He was featured in the Independent on Friday - here is the link to the article.
It’s economics stupid: How money explains everything: Supply, demand and market forces are not just academic buzzwords – they’re all around us, influencing everything from fridge-freezers to sex appeal. Robert H Frank, an Ivy League professor who brought the study of cost-benefit solutions to America’s masses, explains how cold, hard cash really does make our world go round.
Commons Library Research Papers
The House of Commons Library research papers are made available for free download and viewing on the web. I have used these several times in recent months - for example there is a monthly digest of economic statistics; regular information on social trends and information on specifics such as aviation and climate change control and recent changes to the tax system. A recommended site for teachers. Here is the link.
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