Paris Votes to Triple Car Parking Charges for SUVs
An extra intervention to address the externalties from traffic congestion. Citizens in Paris have voted to triple car parking charges for SUVs and it will be interesting to see the impact on demand.
In the News Teaching Activity – the implementation of post-Brexit non-tariff barriers to trade to increase business costs (Jan 2024)
The government has implemented the much-delayed, new post-Brexit customs controls, such health checks for food and flowers for goods entering the UK from the EU at the end of January.
Economics News Shorts (28 January -2 February 2024)
Here are the links to our Economics in the News shorts for this week.
Economics Weekly Quiz | 02 February 2024
Here's our weekly economics news quiz covering stories from the UK and global economic events of the passed 7 days.
Is the UK's inflation target fit for purpose?
Here is an excellent article in the Guardian with a Canadian academic, Louis-Philippe Rochon highlighting the arbitrary nature of the 2% inflation target. Remarkably, nearly 60 countries have...
In the News Teaching Activity - Institute of Fiscal Studies on economic challenges facing the next government (Feb 2024)
As the UK’s General Election gets ever closer, the IFS have published a report suggesting that the next government will face some of the toughest economic challenges ever.
A Level Economics Exam Topic Trackers (AQA and EdExcel)
Don't forget that we have newly-updated and free-to-download exam topic trackers for AQA and EdExcel economics. These free resources map questions from past papers against the specification. Here...
Disposable vapes to be banned for children's health
The government are going to legislate to ban disposable vapes, seemingly on the grounds that they are largely responsible for a rise in children vaping. However, is this good economics? Do bans...
AQA A Level Economics Synoptic Connections Planner
Download this Synoptic Connections Planner for AQA A Level Economics. These comprehensive documents use specification reference numbers to link topics together.
In the News Teaching Activity – Joseph Rowntree Foundation Report shows deepening poverty in the UK (Jan 2024)
Each year the JRF publish their report on poverty in the UK and the latest shows that poverty, including deep poverty has been rising.
Why Egyptian cotton is so expensive and mostly faked
Egyptian cotton is highly sought after, and frequently faked. This Business Insider clip looks at why the genuine article, grown in the Nile Delta is so expensive. As per most of these examples,...
Post-Brexit Trade Deals - State of Play for the UK
The Guardian summarises the state of play regarding the UK's trading relationships, and those trade deals that have been agreed and those that remain to be agreed.
Economics News Shorts (20-27 January 2024)
Each day, we are adding short videos on economics and business in the news. Here are the links for this week:
Business News: Microsoft to cut 10% of jobs in their gaming division
Microsoft is said to be laying off 1,900 workers, or nearly 9% of its gaming division after closing its $69 billion acquisition of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard. Job losses following...
Why is car insurance becoming so expensive?
The cost of car insurance in the UK is soaring. Average comprehensive cover is now over £560– a third more than the same time in 2022, according to the Association of British Insurers. This short...
Economics Weekly Quiz | 26 January 2024
Here's our weekly economics news quiz covering stories from the UK and global economic events of the passed 7 days.
New Brexit Rules Set to Increase UK Food Prices
One of the costs of the UK leaving the EU single market will become glaringly apparent in the weeks and months ahead. New post-Brexit border rules are predicted to push up the cost of importing...
What is Glocalisation?
Although rumours of the death of globalisation are "greatly exaggerated", it seems to be the case that economies have moved away from seeing it as a panacea, and retrenching in the sense that...
Climate Change - Building Resilience with Education and Flood Defence
This World Bank video clip looks at how the organisation has helped make the provision of education more resilient, with schools increasingly designed to withstand extreme weather incidents. This...
In the News Teaching Activity – Apple overtakes Samsung in the global smartphone market (Jan 2024)
For the first time in 12 years, Apple has overtaken Samsung in the race to be top of the global smartphone market potentially increasing Apple’s monopoly power is a market that is already fairly...