Blog and updates
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10 Mar 2019
Will Brexit hurt the Kenyan flower trade?
Another Brexit story - but with a remarkable angle this time. This BBC piece looks at the potential impact of Brexit on the Kenyan flower trade, not a link that's immediately obvious.
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10 Mar 2019
Developed countries need more female entrepreneurs
The issue of increasing female participation is often seen as exclusively something to do with developing economies, but, as this article proves, it also affects developed economies.
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7 Mar 2019
The Aldi Effect
Essential reading for both Economics and Business Management students alike: it looks at the rise of the discounters and how Aldi took on, and started to beat their complacent established rivals,...
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7 Mar 2019
Amazon a 'phenomenon' of 21st century retail
A fresh Mintel survey looks at the power of Amazon. It is staggering - 90% of UK shoppers use it, 25% of shoppers are Prime customers. That equates to 15 million Prime customers. Wowsers! Is Amazon...
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7 Mar 2019
World Bank and Zambia renew partnership
Good news for development in copper-rich Zambia - one of my favourite sub-Saharan nations. The World Bank and Zambia have renewed the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) focusing on specific...
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1 Mar 2019
China: inside the world's concrete superpower
Just marvel at the majesty of Beijing's new airport, and the statistic that China pours "more concrete every two years than the US did in the entire 20th century".
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1 Mar 2019
Women and Economic Growth
This IMF clip highlights the important linkages between gender equality and economic growth - with Era Dabla-Norris highlighting the fact that women are under-represented in the labour market in...
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1 Mar 2019
Tesla cuts prices as it focuses on sales maximisation
Tesla is seen as the market leader in the electric car market, and yet the company has seemed to lurch from minor hiccup to minor hiccup.
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1 Mar 2019
Huge gas discovery off Cyprus
A big boost for the Cypriot economy, with the news that ExxonMobil has discovered large natural gas deposits. You should be able to think of the possible benefits of this for the supply-side and,...
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25 Feb 2019
The Limits of Rational Economic Man
Here is a conversation between Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel and Harvard economist Greg Mankiw who discuss the role of government, morality, and markets in public health including a...
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25 Feb 2019
Netflix and the Future for Cinemas
This BBC Reality Check clip looks at the impact of Netflix on the cinema industry - and represents a way into a lot of issues. Innovation, theory of the firm, cross price elasticity of demand, and...
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21 Feb 2019
Salmon farmers in Scotland in price-fixing inquiry
EU competition authorities suspect that there's something fishy goingon in the market for farmed salmon, and have raided a number of producers in Norway, the Netherlands and Scotland.
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20 Feb 2019
Climate change: the inter-generational challenge
Excellent Newsnight piece on how climate change might be the biggest inter-generational battle of the 21st century. It highlights the issue in the light of protests from many thousands of young...
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19 Feb 2019
Confusing pairs of key phrases in A Level Economics - have a go at our 'Test Yourself' Activity
Here's a fantastic activity from our team of contributors who have identified the key phrases that are often misused during A Level Economics exams. Examiners have made frequently commented upon...
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17 Feb 2019
How Lidl has used monopsony power to increase their market share
There is some super applied business economics here. Lidl and Aldi are having a transformative impact on the UK food grocery landscape with a combined market share north of 12 percent.
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17 Feb 2019
Loss aversion - pension hike may cause some to leave workplace pension scheme
Behavioural economics meets financial economics in this news article from the BBC.
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15 Feb 2019
Economics Weekly Quiz - 15 February 2019
Here's this week's Economics news quiz. Good luck!
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15 Feb 2019
Spiralling debt could herald the next financial crisis
Concerns are growing that another financial crisis is imminent. No less a figure than Ken Rogoff wrote last week that “the next major financial crisis may come sooner than you think”.
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