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20 May 2022
Economics Weekly Quiz - 20 May 2022
Here's our weekly economics news quiz. It would be fair to say that this quiz is a 'cost-of-living' crisis special as price increases have dominated the news. We have 8 multichoice questions and a...
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17 May 2022
Sri Lankan Economic Crisis - Government may print money to pay wages
It seems that it's Doomsday in Sri Lanka with the Prime Minister stating that the country has one day's worth of petrol left.
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13 May 2022
Economics Weekly Quiz - 13 May 2022
It's back! The tutor2u Econ team has returned from the revision workshop tour and put together the weekly economics news quiz. We have 8 multichoice questions and 'Classroom mode' for those...
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13 May 2022
Gender Inequality - Reshaping Social Norms About Gender in South Asia
This World Bank clip looks at how gender inequality is perpetuated in South Asia and how this impinge upon the developmental prospects in the region.
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12 May 2022
Government Failure - UK fails to reach household recycling targets
The extent to which the UK has managed to achieve its own targets for recycling household waste is revealed here.
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11 May 2022
Regulatory Failure - Raw sewage dumped into England's rivers 375,000 times in 2021
The extent to which UK water companies are making little effort to reduce marine pollution has prompted some so-called 'citizen scientists' to mount their own campaign to maintain environmental...
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11 May 2022
Development Goals - Papua New Guinea Cocoa Farmers Growing Seeds of Hope
This World Bank clip looks at the impact of World Bank investment in coffee and cocoa production in Papua New Guinea.
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9 May 2022
E-Waste - Royal Society calls for mining of e-waste rather than rare earths
The Royal Society of Chemistry has called for economies to focus more on mining so-called e-waste for rare earth metals rather than the planet itself, as we bid for sustainable growth.
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9 May 2022
Demography - Why does Japan have so few children?
Many developed economies are facing the demographic challenge of shrinking populations, none more so than Japan.
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4 May 2022
Development Finance - The Cost of being in Debt to China
What are the implications of borrowing money from China?
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28 Apr 2022
Corruption and the Natural Resource Curse in the DRC
This is a remarkable insight into how some Chinese mining companies have operated in the Democratic Republic of Congo, funnelling cash to the President and his cronies, via the Congolese banking...
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22 Apr 2022
Patterns of Spending - Demand for Camping and Caravans Surges
Changing consumer tastes, income elasticity of demand, it's all here - with the news that the pandemic has seen a rise in camping, with 20% of adults having been on a camping or caravan holiday...
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21 Apr 2022
Costs of Inflation - Living with rampant inflation in Turkey
This Observer article is an excellent insight into the costs of inflation, with the Turkish economy experiencing inflation of over 60%.
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20 Apr 2022
Economic Losses - Organic Dairy Farmers Fear for the Future
The cost of living crisis has impacted the organic dairy farming sector more harshly than most - because the cost of organic foodstuffs has risen and the price that they are getting for their...
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19 Apr 2022
Labour Shortages - Passage from India
This is an article where the application of economic theory might help you conceptualise both the problem and the solution.
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19 Apr 2022
Tackling Deforestation - Initiatives in Sierra Leone, Pakistan and Panama
A Sierra Leonian solution to deforestation has emerged with a young entrepreneur who is turning coconut shells into fuel briquettes, as an alternative to wood.
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8 Apr 2022
Labour Market Update: Tesco raises pay and the top 1% take more income
Competition in the labour market - with Tesco increasing their hourly pay rate to £10.10 in an attempt to attract new workers and keep their existing staff as the labour market becomes increasingly...
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8 Apr 2022
REDD Programme - Protecting Forests as a Common Access Resource
This World Bank clip combines a couple of relatively tricky economic concepts forests - as common access resources - and the impact of climate change on these scarce resources.
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1 Apr 2022
Economics Weekly Quiz - 01 April 2022
Here's our weekly economics news quiz. We have 8 multichoice questions and 'Classroom mode' for those teachers wishing to use the quiz in class. I promise that there are no April Fools...
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26 Mar 2022
Sustainable Farming - Challenges for Indian Farming
This World Bank clip looks at sustainability, and how climate change is impacting Indian agriculture.
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