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Beyond the Bike - photo of the week on cost-push inflation in Zambia

Ruth Tarrant

27th November 2015

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Stuart sent through this photo from a cafe on the Zambezi River, 250km upstream from Victoria Falls, a few days ago, and whilst at first it looks pretty simple, we can draw out lots of economics from it. For those who are intereted, nshima is a staple Zambian and Malawian dish made from maize flour (a sort of white cornmeal) and water.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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