Blog and updates
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19 Mar 2020
Lights dimmed in cinemas - a temporary or structural challenge?
The cinema industry is facing unprecedented pressure as venues close, revenues collapse and an industry heavily burdened by debt faces a deeply uncertain future.
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18 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: Elasticity of supply of ventilators
This article flags up the issue of price elasticity of supply in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak: the governments clarion call for businesses to shift to the manufacture of ventilators makes...
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15 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: Football clubs face financial stress
This article would make a good extension exercise - can you draw what has happened to the cost and revenue curves of a lower league football club?
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15 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: Morrisons to pay small suppliers immediately
Great story this - and good for Morrison's image too.
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14 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: Impact on the Circular Flow
Professor Richard Baldwin has adapted the circular flow diagram to identify some of the ways in which the coronavirus shock is impact on the macroeconomy. This is well worth a look especially if...
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13 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: Pandemic triggers sharp rise in price of medication
Classic demand and supply in some regards, as a shortage of raw materials drives up the price of painkillers.
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11 Mar 2020
Modelling the likely spread of a virus
The various pronouncements on the corona virus are a source of puzzlement to many.
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11 Mar 2020
Budget March 2020 - At-a-glance documents
Here are 3 summary documents to support teachers wishing to have in-class discussions about the Budget announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunek on the 11th March 2020. The information has been gleamed...
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5 Mar 2020
British Gas and VW unveil three-year electric vehicle deal
An interesting new joint venture has been announced between VW and British Gas.
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4 Mar 2020
China economy: Why it matters to you
A short video introducing you to the changing nature of the Chinese consumer, not least via the purchase of luxury goods, iPhones, energy and other commodities.
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1 Mar 2020
Hong Kong launches big fiscal stimulus to counter external shocks.
This is a remarkable example of a direct fiscal stimulus to help offset the impact of domestic and external shocks.
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1 Mar 2020
Employee ownership can enhance productivity and profits
Classic theory of the firm material here drawing on businesses such as Richer Sounds and John Lewis.
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28 Feb 2020
Economics Weekly Quiz 28 February 2020
Here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck!
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28 Feb 2020
The impact of conflict on long term development
Another excellent development clip looking at the impact of conflict on development, echoing the findings of Paul Collier's seminal "The Bottom Billion" which identifies conflict as having a...
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28 Feb 2020
Amazon launches a cashier-less supermarket
Amazon leading the way with more innovation in the supermarket sector - the cashier-less supermarket
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28 Feb 2020
Heathrow Terminal Three - Government plans declared unlawful
In the clash between growth and green, a Court of Appeal ruling seems to have made a decisive intervention.
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28 Feb 2020
Plastic sachets and negative externalities
Peak Guardian re: plastic waste or a worthwhile nod towards another area where action has a limited opportunity cost and welfare gains exceed the cost of intervention?
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24 Feb 2020
Female cocoa farmers paid as little as 23p a day
Does your chocolate leave a bitter taste? It might do after you read this article.
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