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18 Jun 2021
Economics Weekly Quiz - 18 June 2021
What proportion of global streams of music originate from the UK? How many adults use their phones to pay for purchases? Which companies are being investigated by the CMA because of their market...
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11 Jun 2021
Economics Weekly Quiz - 11 June 2021
With which Scandinavian country did the UK sign a trade deal this week? What's the average house price in the UK? The CMA have opened an investigation into which airlines? All this and more on our...
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10 Jun 2021
Where next for global youth unemployment?
Here is an excellent BBC Reality Check piece on youth unemployment in the time of coronavirus.
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10 Jun 2021
Education in Niger
This World Bank clip highlights the low level of education in Niger, and the impact of Learning Improvement for Results in Education in boosting literacy.
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10 Jun 2021
Is it time to end the current system of student loans?
A major Whitehall tussle is in progress over student loans writes Paul Ormerod. The Treasury is increasingly concerned about the implications for the public finances.
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9 Jun 2021
Competition economics - Google fined €220m in France over advertising abuse
The French competition authorities have fined Google 220 million Euros for abusing their market position in the market for online advertising.
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8 Jun 2021
Post pandemic labour shortages - is the balance of power shifting to workers?
A story about labour markets, with macroeconomic implications.
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6 Jun 2021
Reforestation and China's Great Green Wall
This video looks at China's attempts to build a Great Green Wall to help stop the desertification of the Gobi Desert, and sandstorms hitting Beijing.
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5 Jun 2021
China's Accelerating Bid for Chip Supremacy
This Bloomberg clip looks at the market for semiconductors, and how the Chinese government has taken an active role in trying to become self-reliant in their manufacture.
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4 Jun 2021
Demographics - China switches to a 3-child policy
Important news that China is looking to encourage couples to have more children, with a relaxation of the current two-child policy in favour of a three-child policy.
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3 Jun 2021
Ghana's ambitions to move its chocolate industry up the global value chain
This piece from David Pilling, FT Africa Correspondent and author of 'The Growth Delusion' is a brilliant read for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of competitive advantage.
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3 Jun 2021
Risks to inequality from premature fiscal austerity
Premature austerity is self-defeating from both a macro and an equity standpoint according to new research from economists working for the IMF.
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3 Jun 2021
How China dominates Pacific mining, logging and fishing
Here is a lengthy but fascinating read about the extent to which China dominates the market for every raw material in the Pacific region, and how it has been able to acquire access to them...
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2 Jun 2021
System Failures and Public Health - Premonition by Michael Lewis
Intending public policy and Economics and Management students are recommended to read the latest book from Michael Lewis, author of the Big Short.
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2 Jun 2021
Economic scarring - global unemployment set to remain above 200 million in 2022
A new report from from the ILO sees employment picking up strongly in countries where vaccination rates are high but risks of labour scarring effects especially in nations where vaccinations are in...
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2 Jun 2021
2021 - A Year of Shortages in Global Supply Chains
This is a genuinely interesting clip looking at the fragile nature of the global supply chain, and why shortages came about in the wake of the pandemic.
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31 May 2021
Backward Vertical Integration: Amazon acquires MGM Studios
So why have Amazon taken over MGM Studios? This article looks at the motivation behind the vertical backwards integration that has taken place.
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31 May 2021
Pattern of Trade - China replaces Germany as UK’s biggest import market
Britain's pattern of trade has seen a massive change with China replacing Germany as the UK's largest import market.
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29 May 2021
EU vows to stem drastic loss of small farms
The Guardian highlights here that the number of farms in Europe has seen a significant decline amid the growth of so-called factory farms.
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28 May 2021
Energy Economics - Drax carbon-capture plan could cost British households £500 each
There's a degree of controversy surrounding the plans of a North Yorkshire power station to retrofit carbon capture technology.
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