Blog and updates
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17 Jul 2017
More Growth for A Level Economics But is AS on the Way Out?
The latest exam entry data from Ofqual suggests continued growth in the popularity of A Level Economics. However, AS Economics is rapidly being abandoned by centres and it's hard to imagine it...
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17 Jul 2017
Austerity fatigue sets in
Ed Conway from Sky asks "how do you solve a problem like austerity?"
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16 Jul 2017
Travel Tax plan to fund better roads in the UK
Should vehicle excise duty and fuel duty be replaced by a distance-travelled tax on motorists - paid in proportion to the distance people drive each year?
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16 Jul 2017
Tales from the New Silk Road
The One Belt One Road initiative is shaping up to be one of the defining trade and investment strategies of the age.
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16 Jul 2017
Lessons from the China Shock
An interview here with Professor David Autor (MIT) on the economic and political consequences of China’s rise for the United States.
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15 Jul 2017
China's Forest City
A short video on the development of China's planned first forest city
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14 Jul 2017
Are cash-rich companies holding back economic growth?
The slow recovery since the financial crisis remains a dominant issue in both political and economic debate.
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14 Jul 2017
Non-Tariff Barriers - China Toughens Dairy Regulations
Here is a good example of non-tariff barriers in action.
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13 Jul 2017
China in Africa - A Changing Landscape
China's evolving economic and political influence in Africa is the subject of constant analysis and discussion.
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13 Jul 2017
Changing Prices of Everyday Goods and Services
What has happened to the prices of everyday goods and services over the last 11 years?
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12 Jul 2017
Challenges facing NHS funding
Since 2010 real-terms health spending in the UK has increased by an average of 1.4% a year, well below the average annual growth rate of 4% over the past 60 years. The NHS faces a huge number of...
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11 Jul 2017
Economics of the Gig Economy
To mark the publication of the Taylor Report on Employment Practices in the Modern Economy, we are curating a set of study resources for students and teachers on the economics of the Gig Economy.
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10 Jul 2017
The World in Economic Transition
Here is a clear infographic showing the changing balance of world GDP between different groups of countries.
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10 Jul 2017
Universal Credit faces testing times
The roll-out of universal credit has been long-delayed and much criticised. This blog from the House of Commons Library blog provides some useful contextual evidence on the issues surrounding...
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9 Jul 2017
Structural weaknesses continue to haunt UK economy
According to Larry Elliot writing in the Observer, the British economy needs to take a long hard look at itself and consider again how best to tackle a raft of structural weaknesses.
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6 Jul 2017
Japan's Trade Agreement with the EU
The European Union has agreed a landmark trade deal with Japan. We have collected some study resources on this trade agreement and some of the likely effects. The agreement aims to eliminate 99% of...
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6 Jul 2017
Pension Crisis Threatens Young
Actuaries and economists are in agreement. Rising longevity means that people born this year are projected to live - on average - to more than a hundred. But pensions systems designed for more than...
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5 Jul 2017
Ten Years on from the last UK Interest Rate Rise
It is now a decade since the Bank of England last raised their policy interest rate but a decade on from that decision, the UK and global economy is in a very different place. According to Chris...
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5 Jul 2017
Labour mobility limits tax raising powers
The income tax system in the UK is highly progressive. Not many people know that, to use a catch phrase attributed, rightly or wrongly, to the great actor Michael Caine.
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5 Jul 2017
Unintended Consequences in Development Economics
This short video from the BBC gives a great opportunity to explore the microeconomic and macroeconomic consequences of government intervention to reduce the negative externalities caused by tobacco...
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