Blog and updates
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22 Jun 2022
Stagflation and the Cost of Living Crisis in the UK
Here is a selection of articles on the rapid rise in consumer price inflation in the UK and fears of a return to the stagflation of the 1970s and 1980s.
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22 Jun 2022
Is the Sri Lankan economy on the brink of collapse?
Newsnight's Ben Chu investigates what is happening in Sri Lanka - is their economy on the brink of collapse?
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17 Jun 2022
Economics taster or intro activity - Data Trumps!
For those teachers looking for a quick activity to support a taster (or intro) session on economics, here's an updated version of a tutor2u favourite. 'Data Trumps' uses the the traditonal Top...
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17 Jun 2022
Economics Weekly Quiz - 17 June 2022
Here's our weekly economics news quiz. We have 8 multichoice questions and a 'Classroom mode' for those teachers wishing to use the quiz in class. Good luck!
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10 Jun 2022
Unintended Consequences - The Impact of a Minimum Price on Alcohol
Has a minimum price on alcohol caused some lower-income consumers to cut back on food and heating?
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10 Jun 2022
Economics Weekly Quiz - 10 June 2022
Here's our weekly economics news quiz. We have 8 multichoice questions and a 'Classroom mode' for those teachers wishing to use the quiz in class. Good luck!
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9 Jun 2022
Can housing trusts and co-operatives help solve the affordability crisis?
Leila Farha has an ambitious goal - to change the nature of housing markets across the world.
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8 Jun 2022
Plans to raise the minimum legal age for smoking to 21 years
Should the minimum legal age for buying cigarettes be raised to twenty-one years.
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8 Jun 2022
EU agrees 40% quota for women on corporate boards
The EU has introduced legislation to increase boardroom diversity, by insisting that companies will have boards with women making up 40% of all board members.
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8 Jun 2022
70 Years On - the UK still looks for an Economic Miracle
Larry Elliott has written what amounts to a short economic history of Britain under Queen Elizabeth.
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7 Jun 2022
Businesses trial a four-day working week for thousands of employees
Is the four-day week the future? Not for teachers, I suspect but the biggest ever trial of the four-day week is being launched in the UK.
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27 May 2022
Economics Weekly Quiz - 27 May 2022
Time fro some half-term fun - here's our weekly economics news quiz. We have 8 multichoice questions and a 'Classroom mode' for those teachers wishing to use the quiz in class. Good luck!
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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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