Blog and updates
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3 Jan 2018
UK Economy Databank
Thoughts often turn to teaching macro in the New Year (or revising it!) and it's always helpful to have up-to-date data to use. I have put together an excel spreadsheet with over 20 data series on...
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2 Jan 2018
China bans imports of plastic waste
The decision by the Chinese to block imports of low-grade plastic waste could have huge ramifications for many countries including the UK. For some it will provide yet more impetus in the search...
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2 Jan 2018
Do globalisation and world trade fuel inequality?
A hat tip to Will Haines for spotting this superb enrichment article in the Guardian from Jeffrey Frankel.
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2 Jan 2018
Evaluating the rise in rail fares
Most of us returning to work or preparing for another term will very quickly realise that the annual fare rises maybe causing us to make a few austerity cuts of our own.
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1 Jan 2018
UAE introduces VAT
Tax reform in the United Arab Emirates as VAT of 5% on most goods and services has been introduced from the 1st of January 2018.
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30 Dec 2017
Plastic Planet - An Economic and Human Crisis
This blog brings together articles, videos and other resources on perhaps one of the most pressing environmental crisis of modern times, namely the staggering growth of plastic pollution and the...
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30 Dec 2017
Are we asking the wrong questions about inequality?
A Nobel Prize-winning economist thinks we’re asking all the wrong questions about inequality. A great read from Professor Angus Deaton of Princeton.
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30 Dec 2017
Katine - Nurturing Change in Rural Africa
Co-operatives, incremental improvements to the capital stock, the potential of micro-finance, attempts to build resilience to shocks - there is a lot of development economics in this article.
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30 Dec 2017
Smart Cities and Sustainable Development in Africa
This video looks at the possibilities of countries in Sub Saharan Africa upgrading their infrastructure by using Green Building Councils to help promote smart cities, better able to make the most...
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30 Dec 2017
Driverless Cars - A Road to Nowhere?
The transport economist Christian Wolmar has a new book out from the London Publishing Partnership exploring the hype and the reality of the rise of autonomous vehicles.
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30 Dec 2017
Pay-per-mile scheme considered for non-British lorries
A pay per mile scheme is being considered for non-British lorries using UK roads according to news reports.
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29 Dec 2017
Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia - Evaluating the impact of FDI
The Guardian visits Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia and provides a fantastic mini case study for students taking development economics as part of their A-level.
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28 Dec 2017
Using tutor2u Economics Collections for Revision
This video shows how you can use the Collections area of the tutor2u economics channel to help focus your revision on particular topics.
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28 Dec 2017
In Conversation: Robert Reich and Joseph Stiglitz
The former Labour Secretary Robert Reich has a conversation with Professor Joe Stiglitz about the rules of the game for the global economy.
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28 Dec 2017
Carbon: From Pollutant to Product
The cement industry generates around nine percent of the world's carbon emissions each year. Roughly one tonne of CO2 is produced for each tonne of cement.
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27 Dec 2017
Robots will transform fast food
This long read from the Atlantic is good on some of the benefits and costs of introducing digitisation and robotics into the fast food industry. Robots are getting better at cooking burgers and...
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27 Dec 2017
The Best 15 Economics Research Papers of 2017
A sublime selection of some fascinating economics research papers published during 2017. The chosen studies capture many key concerns of 2017, with subjects ranging from opioids to gender...
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26 Dec 2017
Negative externalities: The growing mountain of electronic waste
A new report from the United Nations highlights the enormous environmental impact of the fast-growing mountain of discarded electronic waste - a negative externality from consumption.
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21 Dec 2017
Regulators ask estate agents to tell the truth
Many of us will be shocked to learn that regulators believe that some estate agents are 'stretching the facts'. The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) writes the rules which regulate...
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20 Dec 2017
China's carbon trading scheme set to accelerate demise of coal
China has introduced a carbon trading scheme, and as a result, it seems that coal-fired power generation is going to be phased out. This is likely to create a national market for carbon and an...
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