Blog and updates
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18 Mar 2018
Recommended Follows on Development Economics for 2018 Exams
Here are some recommended people to follow on social media for their work in development economics and policy - following them will help to give you great contextual examples for your A level...
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18 Mar 2018
Vanilla pods and economic development in Mauritius
An interesting look at the growth of the vanilla industry on the island of Mauritius, which started by looking at the long lead-time- it takes 5 years before a vanilla orchid starts bearing vanilla...
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17 Mar 2018
Economics MCQ Revision Blast Webinars
The first four in our new series of short, intensive MCQ Blast revision webinars for A Level Economics students are now available to book. Two this week; two next. Click this link to sign up to a...
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16 Mar 2018
Economics Weekly Quiz - 16 March 2018
Here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck!
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15 Mar 2018
World Happiness Report 2018 - 'Match Up' activity
The World Happiness Report for 2018 has been released and can be viewed from this link. As always, it uses a number of criteria to determine how happy (or unhappy) the citizens of countries are and...
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15 Mar 2018
Information Failure - Topical Examples
Here are some recent articles and news features covering aspects of information failure in markets.
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14 Mar 2018
Warwick Pre-University Summer School
Our friends at Warwick University have sent through details of their new residential summer schools
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11 Mar 2018
Public Goods - Sea Walls in Japan
The public good nature of sea walls as a protection against tsunami risk is illustrated really well in this superb photoshoot from Japan.
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9 Mar 2018
Mark Carney gives a short A level Economics lesson on Tragedy of the Commons
It will be music to the ears of many Economics Teachers to read (or hear) the Governor the Bank of England use terminology such as 'tragedy of the commons', 'market failure' and 'rational behaviour...
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8 Mar 2018
Economics Teacher National Conference 2018
We're thrilled to confirm the full speaker and session line-up for the Economics Teacher National Conference 2018.
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8 Mar 2018
What snowstorms tell us about economic behaviour
The chaos and misery created by the snow now seems to be safely behind us. For economists, there are always interesting aspects to behaviour in any context.
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4 Mar 2018
Steel tariffs - losses outweigh the gains.
Losses to many consumers outweighing the gains to a small number of producers is standard economic analysis of the impact of a tariff. Finding the specific impact on both requires some in-depth...
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2 Mar 2018
Vietnam attempts a tech innovation renaissance
Vietnam is trying to foster the development a hi-tech digital economy, and is looking to attract members of the Vietnamese diaspora to return and create the network effects associated with the...
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1 Mar 2018
Trump commits to hard protectionism
It has been a while coming but we now appear to be on the verge of the Trump administration making a decisive move towards a protectionist stance with the imposition of high tariffs on imports of...
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28 Feb 2018
University pensions dispute and the life-cycle theory
University lecturers began a strike over their pensions last week. The dispute may even run on and jeopardise the summer exams.
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28 Feb 2018
Bank of England and FT Student Economics Blog Competition
Do you have some budding economics journalists in your department? The Financial Times and the Bank of England have launched a student blog competition.
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28 Feb 2018
Decline in London transport passenger numbers
This is a fantastic piece of economics/geography - that highlights some of the key features of urbanisation and its economic consequences, starting from a premise that London is currently...
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27 Feb 2018
If NAFTA were a hamburger
If NAFTA were a hamburger - what a catchy start! And a nice tie in to the eating habits of the President - pointing out that the hamburger itself is likely to be a fantastic demonstration of the...
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