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9 Jul 2021
Economics Weekly Quiz - 09 July 2021
Which political party is encouraging us to 'buy British'? Which manufacturer launched its last ever petrol-fuelled car? Why have house prices fallen? All these questions and more in this week's...
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9 Jul 2021
Contestable markets - why is digital so disruptive?
In the 2021 Royal Economic Society Annual Public Lecture, Professor Diane Coyle explores some of the "winner takes all characteristics" of many of the superstar digital businesses.
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8 Jul 2021
Labour supply - lorry driver shortage threatens to cause a surge in cost-push inflation
The estimated shortage of 100,000 HGV drivers makes for a superb introductory economics lesson.
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8 Jul 2021
Economies of Scale - How 1.6 Million Tonnes Of Paper A Year Are Made
Economies of scale, the role of research and increasing capital intensity of production are key features of this short video which pays a visit to the Navigator paper company in Portugal.
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7 Jul 2021
Globalisation and Trade - Will China become the centre of the world economy?
Will China continue to become the centre of the world economy? Or will the global economy fragment into a regionalised rather than a unified global system?
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6 Jul 2021
Ancillary revenue: TFL hit by steep decline in advertising board revenues
Here is a good example of ancillary revenues for businesses. Transport for London has experienced a steep decline in the advertising revenues they get from a huge estate of bill-boards, posters and...
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5 Jul 2021
Derived demand - surge in sales of white vans
Thousands of us who have suffered from the road rage associated with white van drivers may be disturbed to see that demand for medium sized white delivery vans continues to surge.
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5 Jul 2021
Head Start Reading and Watching for A Level Economics
Here are some suggestions for reading and wider preparation to give you a head start in your A Level Economics studies.
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2 Jul 2021
Economics Weekly Quiz - 02 July 2021
When is the UK government planning to end the generation of electricity using coal? Which indirect tax came to the end of its 'holiday'? What type of clothing has seen a huge surge in demand at...
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25 Jun 2021
Economics Weekly Quiz - 25 June 2021
The government announced that it is to ban advertising of what product before 9pm? Who features on the new £50 note? What's the BoE's prediction for inflation in 2021? All these questions and more...
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24 Jun 2021
Why Keynes argued there must be limits to government borrowing.
Paul Ormerod writes that "Keynes was a much more subtle economist than almost all his 21st century disciples."
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24 Jun 2021
Is tax avoidance actually legal?
Not much in the way of economic theory here but a fascinating insight into the nature of the language associated with tax avoidance.
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24 Jun 2021
Why concentration of wealth makes the US economy fragile
Robert Reich argues here that Americans should be concerned by rising inequality, of both income and wealth, and the structural problems that this implies.
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23 Jun 2021
Trade Creation and Development: Mutual Gains from Regional Integration in Africa
This World Bank clip looks at the benefits of closer regional integration in sub-Saharan Africa.
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23 Jun 2021
Economic Development - Bangladesh Gears up for the Future of Manufacturing
This is an excellent clip that looks at the reasons for Bangladesh's recent growth performance, and how it might look at sustaining this as it loses its low wage advantages.
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21 Jun 2021
The Case for an International Carbon Price Floor
The IMF are looking at encouraging decarbonisation, with carbon pricing to the fore.
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20 Jun 2021
Can countries pay back pandemic debt?
This BBC clip looks as the debt incurred by government's over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, and wonders how nation's can pay back the accumulated national debt.
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19 Jun 2021
Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming
This Wendover Productions clip looks at aviation, in this case, the rise of electric planes.
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18 Jun 2021
Sustainable blocks to build your own house
This Reuters clip looks at how a German company has started to produce environmentally-friendly blocks to allow for building projects across the world.
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18 Jun 2021
Appropriate technologies: New Irrigation Canal Improves Afghan Farmers’ Lives
A clip here showing the importance of irrigation to food security and, by definition, development. This time the World Bank is funding work in Afrghanistan.
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