Two weeks to the RES deadline!

There are two weeks until the final deadline for submitting essays for the 2008 RES competition. Here at school we had our own internal competition to give students a chance to win a small prize for an early entry. I thought I would give a flavour of the topics covered

Open source software
Feed-in-Tariffs
Economics of mass collaboration
Micro-finance
Lump sum taxes
Free trade
Carbon trading
Globalization
Welfare and happiness policies
Flat rate taxes
Auctions

There were certainly some interesting essays from the two dozen that I read - it is so much fun reading an essay without having to give it a mark or apply some dodgy assessment criteria to it. Hopefully my students will find a bit of time away from revision to do a little more reading for their essays and work on their style and arguments before the 12th May deadline arrives!

Economics Explained, by Evan [12 Feb 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: China’s Trade Engine is Spluttering [10 Feb 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Focus on India - Comparative Advantage [27 Jan 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Focus on China - Trade and Growth [27 Jan 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Focus on India - Supply Side Issues [25 Jan 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Focus on India - Economic Growth [24 Jan 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Exporting to the Booming Chinese Economy [23 Jan 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Russia Joins the WTO [22 Jan 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Frontier Markets - the New BRICS? [15 Jan 2012]
Beyond the Bike - The Importance of Remittances [15 Jan 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Competitive Advantage in Trade (Some Videos) [12 Jan 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: UK Trade Patterns [11 Jan 2012]
Unit 1 Micro: Low Cost Airlines Beat the Recession [1 Jan 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Brazil Overtakes UK in Economic Size [26 Dec 2011]
Unit 3 Micro: Oligopoly and Duopoly in Bus Markets [20 Dec 2011]
Beyond the Bike - The Value of Money [19 Nov 2011]
MON€Y PANIC$ – A Visualisation Challenge [18 Nov 2011]
Unit 2 Macro: Should the EU introduce a Tobin Tax? [14 Nov 2011]
LSE lecture: Darwin economy [13 Nov 2011]
AS Macro: The State of British Business [13 Nov 2011]
Unit 3 Micro: Quiz on Market Structures [6 Nov 2011]
Unit 3 Micro: Examples of Price Discrimination in Action [31 Oct 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: Should TNCs make full disclosure on factory wages? [30 Oct 2011]
Unit 3 Micro: Ofcom gives stamp of approval for flexible pricing in mail [21 Oct 2011]
Can the “invisible hand” solve Africa’s poverty? [13 Oct 2011]
Unit 2 Macro: Can Exports Drive a Recovery? [13 Oct 2011]
Skidelsky in Madrid [12 Oct 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: When China Met Africa [1 Oct 2011]
Unit 1 Micro: Sleep, Money, Happiness and Choices! [25 Sep 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: Bangladesh and Comparative Advantage in Textiles [19 Sep 2011]
Study Note - The Circular Flow of Income [15 Sep 2011]
Unit 2 Macro: Economic Growth and Inequality [14 Sep 2011]
Unit 4 Macro: Baltic Dry Index and Global Weakening [19 Aug 2011]
A surprising example of trade between the USA, China, and Korea. [19 Jul 2011]
Unit 1 Micro: Cotton Prices and the Retail Price of Clothing [13 Jul 2011]
UK firms wake up to Brazilian opportunities [21 Jun 2011]
Evan Davis ‘Made in Britain’ - and a new trade data tool to play with [21 Jun 2011]
Six Global Trends Shaping Business Strategy [15 Jun 2011]
Invisible Exports - Originating Journalist is remembered [27 May 2011]
Macro Revision: Putting Things in Context [25 May 2011]
AS Macro Key Term: Supply-Side Policies [25 May 2011]
AS Macro Key Term: Recession [23 May 2011]
AS Macro Key Term: Spare Capacity [23 May 2011]
AQA A2 Economics - European Context [23 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Competition Policy [20 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Oligopoly [20 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Entry Barriers in Markets [19 May 2011]
A2 Micro:  Monopsony Power in Markets [19 May 2011]
A2 Micro: The Importance of Profit [19 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Market Structure, Conduct & Performance [19 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Consequences of Price Discrimination [19 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Perfect Competition [19 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Competition and Efficiency [19 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Outsourcing [18 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Business Growth [18 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Innovation and Economic Policies [18 May 2011]
AS economics: Using the cost-benefit principle [18 May 2011]
A2 Macro: Revealed Advantage [12 May 2011]
Video Clips on the Chinese Economy [1 May 2011]
A2 Micro: EU Aviation - State Aid and State Ownership [28 Apr 2011]
Wiki Revision: A to Z on Monopoly [23 Apr 2011]
Key AS Micro Terms: Competition and Monopoly [17 Apr 2011]
UK Economy at a Glance April 2011 [17 Apr 2011]
Key AS Micro Terms: Economic Efficiency [16 Apr 2011]
Soap powder cartel leaves stain on colluders [13 Apr 2011]
AS Micro: Prices for New and Second Hand Cars [9 Apr 2011]
RES Essay Competition - Happiness Economics [7 Apr 2011]
AS Macro Key Term: Economic Structure [6 Apr 2011]
AS Macro Key Term:  Balance of Payments [6 Apr 2011]
AS Macro Key Term: Current Account Deficit [2 Apr 2011]
A2 Micro: Updates on Competition Issues [2 Apr 2011]
AS Micro Revision: Banana Prices [1 Apr 2011]
OCR F585 June 2011: Competitiveness [31 Mar 2011]
Pacific Peso Reaches 29 Year High! [30 Mar 2011]
The New North - Population Shift [23 Mar 2011]
Keeping Track of UK Macro Objectives [18 Mar 2011]
Focus on Spain [16 Mar 2011]
Timetric: UK Balance of Trade with China [13 Mar 2011]
Timetric: Price convergence within the EU [13 Mar 2011]
Dambisa Moyo - How the West was Lost [11 Mar 2011]
Timetric: UK Balance of Trade in Oil [6 Mar 2011]
Timetric: Trade Balance in Manufactured Goods [4 Mar 2011]
Timetric: UK Trade in Goods and Services [3 Mar 2011]
EU Economics: Germany leads Euro Zone revival [25 Feb 2011]
Protectionism and the demise of the US shipping industry [24 Feb 2011]
Never Mind Plan B - Plan V needed for the UK Economy! [17 Feb 2011]
Unemployment in Germany and Spain [14 Feb 2011]
The US-China Trade Deficit [14 Feb 2011]
China and Africa - Resources on their relationship [14 Feb 2011]
Economics Q&A: Should the CAP be scrapped? [14 Feb 2011]
Mo Tanweer on Global Currency Wars [10 Feb 2011]
Balance of Payments Data - Free Chart Download [9 Feb 2011]
David Smith on Shifting Sands in the Global Economy [8 Feb 2011]
EU Economics: Hopes for a low carbon future in Europe [3 Feb 2011]
Globalisation - Peering into the MIST? [1 Feb 2011]
WTO finds Boeing guilty of using illegal subsidies [1 Feb 2011]
5 Fresh Links: Reforming the EU Common Agricultural Policy [25 Jan 2011]
Changes in Real Prices [24 Jan 2011]
Happiness and Prosperity and the Equation that Links the Two [23 Jan 2011]
Winner of the Fun Theory Competition [23 Jan 2011]

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