Blog and updates
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28 Apr 2018
Sainsbury's and Asda set for giant retail merger
This could be one of those mega-mergers in the UK retail sector that sends huge ripples through the industry and will be the gift that keeps on giving for economics teachers and students. There is...
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28 Apr 2018
Skilled professionals can now earn six figure salaries
Skilled trades can earn six figure salaries these days - this video from BBC London meets some people who have eschewed the academic path to take advantage of well paid, attractive jobs with...
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27 Apr 2018
Economics Weekly Quiz - 20 April 2018
Here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck!
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25 Apr 2018
Globalisation and the spread of knowledge
There is a fantastic piece for Economics students by Martin Wolf in today's FT - if you haven't already registered for FT for Schools, it is worth doing so now (you can find the link here).
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25 Apr 2018
Innovation can challenge the digital monopolies
The hostility towards the virtual monopolies enjoyed by tech giants such as Google and Facebook reveals some strange bedfellows.
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23 Apr 2018
Watch out! Robo-Farmers are Coming!
Automation is coming, and this BBC video and supporting article investigates the extent to which they can even be applied to agriculture. In this case, an asparagus-picking robot has been developed...
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21 Apr 2018
UK proposes plastic straw ban
A brief FT clip here looking at the proposal to ban plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds, as part of a wider commitment to outlawing avoidable plastic waste by 2042. Quite how that is...
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20 Apr 2018
Economics Weekly Quiz - 20 April 2018
Here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck!
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20 Apr 2018
Three billion people remain reliant on traditional stoves
How many people are still reliant on traditional methods of cooking? 3 billion. Yes. Half of the world's population. And one of the simplest ways of improving cooking efficiency and reducing indoor...
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20 Apr 2018
UK power generation shifting away from coal
Many thanks to my student Ollie for spotting the news that the UK has just managed 55 hours without using coal for power generation, for the first time ever. Bloomberg reported on data compiled by...
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19 Apr 2018
Angus Deaton Profile
Here is a new profile of the economic historian and Nobel winner Angus Deaton. Well worth reading to capture the essence of what such a rich academic career can involve.
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19 Apr 2018
Esther Duflo: Poverty Not Only Lack of Money
Esther Duflo is interviewed here for the IMF Finance and Development magazine and argues that all economic and social dimensions of poverty must be considered when implementing policies designed to...
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19 Apr 2018
Marx as an Economist - a Curate's Egg!
Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, hit the headlines at the weekend, claiming that Marxism could once again become a prominent political force in the West.
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18 Apr 2018
Evaluating government intervention
Listening to Radio 4's 'Yesterday in Parliament' this morning, I heard a 4-minute report about a debate around what can be done to cure the issue of fly tipping in rural and urban England. This...
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17 Apr 2018
Inside an ultra-efficient BMW factory
A sensational short video from Business Insider which visits a BMW plant in the USA that makes 1,400 vehicles a day. Over 500 robots and 450 employees work together to produce one SUV. A great...
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16 Apr 2018
Should the Super-Rich Pay for a Universal Basic Income?
The new book from Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is a terrific short read and one that I highly recommend for sixth form economists interested in the growing debate over inequality and trialling...
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16 Apr 2018
Derived demand - how decarbonisation affects demand for resources
A short FT video here on how decarbonisation will affect demand for and prices of oil, cobalt, nickel and copper among others. The growth of e-vehicles will lead to a fast growth of demand in the...
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15 Apr 2018
Get Ready to Smash the A Level Economics Exams this Term
Here we go! The last few crucial weeks as we all prepare for the three A Level Economics papers in June. Here's a quick reminder of some resources and other revision support from tutor2u Economics.
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14 Apr 2018
Has The Euro Failed As A Currency?
Dharshini David, author of "The Almighty Dollar" discusses why the Euro has yet to become a dominant currency. The Euro is of course a long away from being an optimal currency union.
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14 Apr 2018
Tesco Turnaround Gathers Momentum
Having experienced a turbulent few years with profits falling and the fallout from an accounting scandal, there are signs that Tesco plc is returning to financial health with with a 28 percent...
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