Blog and updates
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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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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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