Blog and updates
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3 Feb 2021
FTSE 100 firms have no black executives in top three roles
The latest analysis of boardroom ethnicity highlights the fact that, for the first time since the data was collected in 2014, no FTSE 100 firm has a black executive.
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2 Feb 2021
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) intervenes in Viagogo's takeover of StubHub
This is a great example of UK competition policy in action to protect consumers from higher prices resulting from less competition after mergers and acquisitions.
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1 Feb 2021
Government intervention: Could new legislation change UK betting firms for good?
The government's review of UK gambling laws could cause betting firms serious problems, but also risks worsening market failures already in existence.
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30 Jan 2021
Covid crisis fuels food price rises for world's poorest
This timely intervention by the President of the World Bank highlights a neglected impact of coronavirus: the impact on food security.
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29 Jan 2021
How much is an elephant worth?
$1.75mn, apparently. This is a great article about how economists and ecologists can work together to place a value on 'ecosystem services' - whether it be whale or a wetland.
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29 Jan 2021
Economics Weekly Quiz - 29 January 2021
Test your knowledge of the week's economic-related stories with the new Economics Weekly Quiz!
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28 Jan 2021
Live Lessons for A-Level Economics | Upcoming Schedule
Here are the details of our upcoming programme of short live lessons designed to support A-Level Economics students during their absence from school or college.
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28 Jan 2021
Asymmetric information: Apple pledges to improve transparency on how consumers' data is used by tech industry
To mark Data Privacy Day, Apple have released a report that explains how our personal data is monetised by the $227bn-a-year data industry.
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27 Jan 2021
Non-tariff barriers - British shoemaker faces Brexit's hidden costs
Here is an example of the costs of Brexit affecting British firms, in this case, British shoemaker, Tricker's despite the much-heralded free trade deal.
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27 Jan 2021
Is K the new U? How economic recovery may be K-shaped
The rising profits of firms such as Amazon and Nike throughout 2020 shows that strong firms may be getting stronger, whilst smaller firms and hard-hit industries will struggle to recover.
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27 Jan 2021
Should young people be paid to get vaccinated?
Economics, like epidemiology, is an inexact science. But It can still tell us useful things about the world, writes Professor Paul Ormerod.
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26 Jan 2021
Plastic waste - are supermarkets doing enough?
Greenpeace has suggested that the UK's supermarkets are still doing relatively little to reduce waste plastics, contrary to what they would have us believe.
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26 Jan 2021
Business growth - Shell buys electric car-charging company ubitricity
Is the post-pandemic era a watershed for the electric car?
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25 Jan 2021
China replaces the US as the number one recipient of new foreign direct investment
A sharp fall in the amount of new foreign direct investment (FDI) into the US last year compared to 2019 propelled China to become the number one recipient of new foreign investments in 2020.
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25 Jan 2021
Surviving and Thriving during Lockdown
Every school day, Economics teacher Will Haines is posting a small well-being idea to support teachers and students through lockdown.
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24 Jan 2021
National Happiness and GDP limitations
As part of their theme 2 studies, Edexcel A-level Economics students need to have an understanding of the limitations of using GDP as an indicator of living standards. Part of this involves...
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23 Jan 2021
Sustainable Growth - The Cumbrian Coal Controversy
Cumbria Council have approved a plan to sink a new coal mine under the Irish Sea, and it's not been well received.
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23 Jan 2021
Sustainability - How Bioplastic Is Made From Avocado Waste
This Business Insider clip looks at the increasing popularity of avocados, and the possibility of using avocado pits (i.e. seeds) to make bioplastics that are more environmentally friendly than a...
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22 Jan 2021
Avoiding the sunk cost fallacy - Alphabet abandons Loon
Alphabet has decided to scrap its balloon company Loon, designed to increase internet access through launching giant balloons to beam the internet to remote areas.
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22 Jan 2021
The problem is poverty, however we label it
This is a really insightful piece that highlights the multi-dimensional aspects of poverty in the UK.
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