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Economics Explained, by Evan
Posted to Economics- on Sunday, February 12, 2012 ,
China bans its airlines from paying EU carbon tax
Posted to Economics- on Sunday, February 05, 2012 ,
Private equity buyouts - Sunday Times supplement

Russia’s monopoly power over gas supplies

Buying-in to the Facebook culture

Mini’s PR backfires badly in central Europe
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, February 02, 2012 ,
BUSS4 research - some initial ideas
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 ,
How to turn threats into an opportunity at Ryanair

The impact of interest rates
Posted to Economics- on Sunday, January 29, 2012 ,
External influences: the threat that is China
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, January 22, 2012 ,
France and Flexible Employment

Inflation - what’s up, what’s down and what’s going to happen next
Posted to Economics- on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 ,
Indicators of Financial Stability

Tesco’s Big Price Drop - on the Stock Market, or, Porter and Ansoff in action
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, January 12, 2012 ,
Newsnight on rebalancing the UK economy

Dragons Den - the board game
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, January 02, 2012 ,
Keeping the ageing workforce healthy
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, December 30, 2011 ,
Surveys, statements and predictions for 2012

German works councils enforce VW’s work-life balance!
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, December 22, 2011 ,
Regulatory Capture at HMRC?

Economics Christmas panto - Cinderella 2011

The True Cost of Christmas
Posted to Economics- on Tuesday, December 06, 2011 ,
Optimism and expansion in consumer leisure markets
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, December 02, 2011 ,
Pensions - public sector vs private sector
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 ,
Analysis of the Autumn Statement
Posted to Economics- on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 ,
International operations decisions - Adidas trainers for $1?
Posted to Business Studies- on Saturday, November 26, 2011 ,
Cut price cup cake deal goes wrong…...
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 ,
Eurozone crisis - a selection of resources
Posted to Economics- on Saturday, November 12, 2011 ,
How we made our millions: Michelle Mone and Richard Reed under the spotlight
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, November 10, 2011 ,
Global Economy - making it clear
Posted to Economics- on Tuesday, November 01, 2011 ,
A level playing field for football on TV
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, October 04, 2011 ,
The Principles of Economics - translated…...

The cure for economic slowdown - drive faster
Posted to Economics- on Saturday, October 01, 2011 ,
Economics at the Movies - Too Big to Fail
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 ,
Greek debt decision tree
Posted to Economics- on Sunday, September 25, 2011 ,
Scarce resources, immigration and the NHS
Posted to Economics- on Friday, September 16, 2011 ,
Information failure - what does a ‘sell-by’ date really mean?
Posted to Economics- on Thursday, September 15, 2011 ,
Tesco’s sausage advert is banned

The morality of taxation

The business benefits of Olympic sponsorship
Posted to Business Studies- on Saturday, September 10, 2011 ,
Economic boom in Brazil
Posted to Economics- on Sunday, September 04, 2011 ,
Tesco pulls out of Japan

Childcare cost means that working doesn’t pay

Keynes vs Hayek - how to solve an economic crisis
Posted to Economics- on Monday, August 08, 2011 ,
BUSS2 May 2011 - Ofqual assurance on exam results

Monetary Policy Roundtable
Posted to Economics- on Monday, July 25, 2011 ,
“We need to make more stuff, using the same number of people…”
Posted to Economics- on Saturday, July 16, 2011 ,
Lesson Plenary - The Unbelievable Truth
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 ,
Where there’s muck there’s brass
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, July 06, 2011 ,
Where there’s muck there’s brass

The rising cost of the minimum standard of living
Posted to Economics- on Monday, July 04, 2011 ,
Free event at the LSE - Keynes vs Hayek

Protection of British jobs?
Posted to Economics- on Friday, July 01, 2011 ,
Samsung seeks a ban on Apple products
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, June 30, 2011 ,
British manufacturer exploiting a niche
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 ,
UK firms wake up to Brazilian opportunities

Evan Davis ‘Made in Britain’ - and a new trade data tool to play with

Evan Davis ‘Made in Britain’ - and a new trade data tool to play with

AQA ECON4 Context
Posted to Economics- on Monday, June 20, 2011 ,
The rise of Asia - some comparative data to play with
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 ,
Do you agree that the government should provide support to the UK car industry?
Posted to Economics- on Sunday, June 12, 2011 ,
Chinese inward investment in the London property market

The scandal of AQA BUSS2 - Update again, a response from AQA
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, June 09, 2011 ,
Is Cost Benefit Analysis of our natural environment ‘a slippery slope’?
Posted to Economics- on Friday, June 03, 2011 ,
Shareholder power at Tesco
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 ,
Crisis? What Crisis?

CSR reporting -  Global Leaders awards
Posted to Business Studies- on Saturday, May 21, 2011 ,
UK economy - as seen by the Bank of England
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 ,
Government spending and Cost Benefit Analysis - the bottom line

CSR - Puma first to publish environmental impact costs
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, May 16, 2011 ,
EU Economics: Comparing the UK with Europe
Posted to Economics- on Saturday, May 14, 2011 ,
Government boost for UK trade
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 ,
More business on TV - Lord Sugar tackles football
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, May 09, 2011 ,
Stop Press - Business Nightmares on TV

Regulation, legislation and competitiveness - The Bribery Act
Posted to Economics- on Thursday, May 05, 2011 ,
CSR and Business Legislation - The Bribery Act comes to town

Macroeconomics revision - measuring Consumer Confidence
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, May 04, 2011 ,
Discrimination and distribution of income news resources
Posted to Economics- on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 ,
AQA unit 4 - some really good evidence here

Recession, recovery and the redistribution of income
Posted to Economics- on Monday, March 21, 2011 ,
AQA unit 3 - a look at the scripts.
Posted to Business Studies- on Saturday, March 19, 2011 ,
Global supply chain threatened by Japanese disaster
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 ,
CSR and Equality - Walmart accused of gender discrimination
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, March 09, 2011 ,
Extreme icecream
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, March 01, 2011 ,
EU ruling on sex equality: price differentiation, price discrimination or an Unintended Consequence?

Combining monetary and fiscal policy to curb inflation in China
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 ,
British exports - what does the government do to help?
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, February 10, 2011 ,
The Chinese are coming!
Posted to Economics- on Saturday, February 05, 2011 ,
CSR and Fairtrade Fortnight
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 ,
The Year of Corporate Philanthropy
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, January 31, 2011 ,
Government and the Economy lesson plan
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, January 30, 2011 ,
Regulation and the banking industry: reflections from Davos

The US-China power balance, trade and currencies
Posted to Economics- on Saturday, January 22, 2011 ,
Retail sales over Christmas - the whole picture
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, January 16, 2011 ,
Training, social immobility and tuition fees - KPMG’s blueprint solution
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, January 13, 2011 ,
Analysis and evaluation practice of the monetary policy decision

An idea that’s a lot of hot air….
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 ,
How to find an export market

AQA exam marking - some changes

Lessons in leadership
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 ,
What are the top 10 economics news stories of 2010?
Posted to Economics- on Tuesday, January 04, 2011 ,
Chinese exports mini-fact

Advent stories (3) - Marketing for the super-rich
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, December 17, 2010 ,
Britain’s changing High Street - Poundland, nail bars and empty shops
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, December 08, 2010 ,
Pots of gold - great video resource

EU has to reduce its import barriers
Posted to Economics- on Saturday, December 04, 2010 ,
On the first day of Christmas -
Posted to Economics- on Thursday, December 02, 2010 ,
Advent business (2) - online marketing

Innovative ice breakers to fill a market gap

Advent business (1) - shortages
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, December 01, 2010 ,
The foods that make billions
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 ,
Cash flow problems put Pontins into administration
Posted to Business Studies- on Saturday, November 13, 2010 ,
Effective staff training - a cracking example

Pull the other one…...

An Awfully Good start up story
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, November 09, 2010 ,
Yet another airline cartel story…..

Widening wealth gap in China
Posted to Economics- on Friday, November 05, 2010 ,
The unkindest cut of all?

Royal Family’s favourite water: Malvern to be axed, but wind farm harvest to come from the sea
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, October 25, 2010 ,
Should examiners read more widely?

Profits up at Amazon - but so are costs
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, October 22, 2010 ,
Will the Bank use QE as a hangover cure?
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 ,
Bonus system to encourage safety improvements at BP

Dan Ariely at the LSE
Posted to Economics- on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 ,
External influences - local authority spending
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, September 26, 2010 ,
Balancing the local authority’s budget

McDonalds doesn’t want brand recognition - really?
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 ,
What would Adam Smith think of a graduate tax?

Update on Millenium Development Goals
Posted to Economics- on Sunday, September 19, 2010 ,
LSE Lecture - Wealth Creation in Developing Countries

Who ate all the pies?
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, September 17, 2010 ,
The shape of recession data
Posted to Economics- on Thursday, September 16, 2010 ,
Greek brain drain
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 ,
Evan loves tax
Posted to Economics- on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 ,
Would you stand for it?

‘Friday Boss’ features on the Today programme
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, August 20, 2010 ,
High profile organisation seeks HR advisors
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, July 02, 2010 ,
CEO Summit focuses on supply side support
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 ,
Rising industrial unrest in China
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 ,
Sensory marketing
Posted to Business Studies- on Saturday, June 19, 2010 ,
EU agree to ‘vet’ national budget plans
Posted to Economics- on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 ,
Are fringe benefits being cut?
Posted to Business Studies- on Saturday, June 05, 2010 ,
Financial Reform Bill - what goes around, comes around
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 ,
Strategy Case Study - Vauxhall/Opel restructuring
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, May 24, 2010 ,
EU Economics: Greek Tragedy foresees the demise of the Euro
Posted to Economics- on Thursday, May 20, 2010 ,
British vodka beats the world!
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 ,
AQA A2 economics - finding questions on past papers
Posted to Economics- on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 ,
Macroeconomic indicators - revision activity

Airlines founder plans a shareholder revolt
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, May 16, 2010 ,
The dangers of focus on one product
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, May 09, 2010 ,
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