Blog and updates
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4 Feb 2019
Economics of Intellectual Property - Cadbury and the Colour Purple
An interesting example here of what constitutes intellectual property rights - in this case, Cadbury have lost a legal battle over the specific shade of purple that it uses on its wrappers -...
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4 Feb 2019
CORE Economics - resource update
Here are some details about a fantastic new addition to the CORE Economics website.
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2 Feb 2019
The Environmental Impact of the UK Fashion Industry
The fashion industry isn't terribly environmentally-friendly, accounting for 3% of global carbon emissions per year, and an awful lot of waste.
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2 Feb 2019
The Dutch Historian who savaged the Davos Elite
Larry Elliott catches up here with Rutger Bregman, the man of the moment, who savaged the assembled billionaires at Davos. He reveals that his outburst about tax avoidance was, in large part,...
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2 Feb 2019
Is there an economic case for a four-day working week?
Will Stronge, the co-director of Autonomy, a think tank focusing on the future of work has written a thoughtful piece here about the possibility of a shorter four-day working week.
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1 Feb 2019
Economics Weekly Quiz - 1 February 2019
Here's this week's Economics news quiz. Good luck!
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31 Jan 2019
Abenomics in Japan - Resource Update
Abenomics has been in place for over five years but to what extent is Abenomics helping to lift Japan out of a deflationary period and address the challenges of an ageing population?
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31 Jan 2019
OFWAT puts pressure on the water monopolies
Competition policy has often been criticised for allowing privatised utilities an easy ride. Not in this case, where OFWAT have sent seven out of ten water companies back to the drawing board to...
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31 Jan 2019
Will artificial intelligence bring a new phase of rapid productivity growth?
Nobel Laureate Bob Solow pronounced thirty years ago that “you can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics”.
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30 Jan 2019
A New Way to Support and Encourage the Most Able Students Taking AQA A-Level Economics
How can we best support our most able AQA A-Level Economics students without creating un-necessary extra teacher workload? The tutor2u Economics team have the answer!
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28 Jan 2019
Using Diagrams in AQA A-Level Economics: It's Time for Students To Raise Their Game...
It’s time for AQA A-Level Economics students to raise their game with how they use diagrams if they want to maximise their exam performance in 2019.
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27 Jan 2019
Success in Edexcel (A) A-Level Economics 2019 (CPD)
A forensic examination of what the principal examiners have said about why A-Level Economics students are under-performing is at the heart of the new resources developed for the upcoming SUCCESS IN...
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26 Jan 2019
Success in AQA A-Level Economics 2019 - the CPD Course
A forensic examination of what the principal examiners have said about why A-Level Economics students are under-performing is at the heart of the new resources developed for the upcoming SUCCESS IN...
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26 Jan 2019
Tragedy of the Commons - Cod stocks on course to crash
An excellent snippet that highlights the impact of climate change on sustainable fishing.
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26 Jan 2019
Theory of Demand - The Role of Influencers
How many of us have recommended a product to others - perhaps during a water cooler conversation - or have been prompted to buy after being influenced online?
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25 Jan 2019
Economics Weekly Quiz - 25 January 2019
Here's this week's Economics news quiz. Good luck!
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23 Jan 2019
Measuring inflation and the impact on our everyday lives
Inflation tells us how much the prices of goods and services are going up. The question is: which ones do we put into the basket when we are working this out?
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22 Jan 2019
Shrinkflation ‘Dial Up’ Activity: Estimate These Shrinking Product Sizes
The ONS have produced another report on 'shrinkflation' - the concept that businesses are reducing the size of their products without reducing the price that they charge to consumers. It's an...
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22 Jan 2019
Solar Powers India's Future
Here is a great clip from the International Finance Corporation - looking at India's ambition to produce 40% of its power from renewable sources by 2030.
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22 Jan 2019
How Porsches Are Made
Wow! A stunning four minute video that takes us behind the scenes of the Porsche factory in Leipzig in Germany where thousands of robots (and some humans) come together to manufacture 160,000...
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