Blog and updates
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2 Nov 2017
Interest Rates - play the 'Reach the Peak' Activity
Here's a great lesson starter or plenary if your are looking for an activity to stimulate discussion about the change in interest rates announced by the BoE.
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2 Nov 2017
Inequality and Social Gradients - Deprivation and cause of Death
New evidence from the ONS finds that men in the Hampshire town of Hart, the least deprived local authority in England, outlive men in the most deprived area, Blackpool, by almost eight years.
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2 Nov 2017
London Gateway and Britain's Shopping Obsession
I like the many stories behind London Gateway - it represents a boost for Britain's supply-side and reflects changing consumer tastes, particularly a rise in internet retailing too. There's also...
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2 Nov 2017
Tesla scales back production target
It's proving a rough ride for Tesla as they look to produce the Model 3 at scale, with the firm admitting that they're currently well behind production targets, and facing a number of bottlenecks.
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2 Nov 2017
Russia to build a nuclear power plant in Nigeria
We normally view China as the major investor in African infrastructure, but in this case it's the Russians who are investing in nuclear power in Nigeria.
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31 Oct 2017
Are ticket touts economically efficient?
Is ticket touting evidence of the market allocating resources efficiently, or, is it a market failure?
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31 Oct 2017
How will we deal with all of the world’s rubbish?
This photo went viral this week - shocking images of a blanket of plastic waste engulfing large sections of the sea near an idyllic Caribbean island.
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31 Oct 2017
Government regulates stakes on fixed-odds machines
Dubbed the 'crack cocaine' of gambling, the government is to limit the maximum stake on controversial fixed odds betting machines.
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31 Oct 2017
The Climate Change Experiment
This is a fantastic, detailed and slightly startling clip.
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30 Oct 2017
How the magic money tree works
This is essential background reading for ALL students taking a unit in basic financial economics!
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30 Oct 2017
Premium demand lifts whisky sales
Good news for Scottish whisky manufacturers with a rise in the value of sales, despite a fall in the number of bottles sold.
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30 Oct 2017
Normalising interest rates
This autumn, the Bank of England is expected to start raising policy interest rates from an ultra-low level of 0.25%.
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30 Oct 2017
A History of UK Recessions
Each recession differs in length, depth and the time it takes for output to recover its pre-recession peak
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30 Oct 2017
Have you bought your last car?
In the week that Singapore announced it will cease issuing car ownership permits in February 2018, here is a provocative John Harris piece that comes up with a fascinating hypothesis. Owning a car...
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27 Oct 2017
Privatisation versus Nationalisation
Here is a timely and excellent Tim Harford piece on the debate on, and vacillations between, nationalisation and privatisation. Great especially for the EdExcel economics specification.
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27 Oct 2017
Hotel booking sites to be investigated
Hotel booking sites are well versed in using behavioural nudges to get people to make a reservation.
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27 Oct 2017
Economics News Quiz - 27 October 2017
Here's this weeks quiz on the world of Economics. Good luck!
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27 Oct 2017
Has capitalism become too gentle?
Is capitalism broken? The Financial Times argues the opposite - with Jonathan Guthrie and Dan McCrum claiming that the version we've currently got is too tame and that we should have allowed a...
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27 Oct 2017
Consumers are paying too much for energy
With impeccable timing, Professor Dieter Helm arguing that we're paying too much for our energy, among other things. I'm currently reading Dieter's "Burn Out - the Endgame for Fossil Fuels" and...
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26 Oct 2017
Building state capability - the next big development challenge
This article from the World Bank looks ideal for students of development economics.
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