Blog and updates
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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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25 Mar 2022
Economics Weekly Quiz - 25 March 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. Good luck!
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24 Mar 2022
Externalities - No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021
A salutory report from the World Health Organisation: not a single country meet its air quality standards, with only 3.4% of cities surveyed met the standard, and 93 cities saw hazardous particles...
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21 Mar 2022
Primary Product Dependence - Why Ghana Misses Out on the Big Bucks from Chocolate
This is an important development clip - looking at the value added at different stages of cocoa production.
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21 Mar 2022
China and Green Development - How China Plans to Win the Future of Energy
The Bloomberg video looks at the implications of China's commitment to net zero by 2060, and how it will have to reshape its energy infrastructure to be able to achieve this ambitious goal.
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20 Mar 2022
Development Finance - The Myth of the Chinese Debt Trap in Africa
This is an important clip to help understanding China's engagement in Africa, and one that looks to dispel the myth of the Chinese 'debt trap'.
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19 Mar 2022
Opportunity Cost - How Car Tires Displaced Thousands Of People
A real example of opportunity cost, with this Business Insider clip highlighting how deforestation and the planting of rubber plantations in Cambodia have displaced thousands of largely indigenous...
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18 Mar 2022
Development Economics: How Banana Plant Waste Is Turned Into Menstrual Pads
This Business Insider clip looks at how one innovative Indian firm is recycling banana plant waste into sanitary towels.
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18 Mar 2022
Economics Weekly Quiz - 18 March 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. Good luck!
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