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21 Sept 2016
Economics of crime and punishment
Natalie Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes: don’t you just love her? One of the Black Lives Matter campaigners, our Nat caused chaos by occupying the runway at City airport, on the grounds that climate...
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21 Sept 2016
Edexcel A Level Economics (A) - Lesson Worksheets for the Entire Linear Course
Our series of key topic lesson worksheets now provides complete coverage of the Edexcel A Level Economics (A) specification.
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21 Sept 2016
Understanding network externalities
Professor Sanjeev Goyal explains his general theory of network formation based on individual incentives, and their economic implications in this short video.
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21 Sept 2016
OCR A Level Economics - Lesson Worksheets for the Entire Linear Course
Our series of key topic lesson worksheets now provides complete coverage of the OCR A Level Economics specification.
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20 Sept 2016
Is Technology more about Profits than People?
I'm not sure I agree with this Guardian article: it advocates the introduction of barriers to entry and tighter regulation of internet-based companies, such as Airbnb and Uber. However, despite the...
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20 Sept 2016
What does Brexit mean? A new short film
"Brexit means Brexit", but what does this mean? Our friends at Econ Films have interviewed over a dozen economists from a range of fields, and made this quick video explaining the biggest issues...
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19 Sept 2016
US farmers go natural for profits
Some elementary microeconomics here: certain farmers in the US are promoting the sale of 'natural' (i.e. hormone free) meat. This means that they've reduced the head of cattle they farm but are...
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18 Sept 2016
What is Universal Basic Income?
I suspect the debate over introducing a Universal Basic Income will continue to grow in intensity in the coming years not least because a number of countries are considering introducing the idea as...
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18 Sept 2016
How a wobbly bridge helps to explain financial instability
This is a superb short video from the LSE on the causes and nature of system risk. Watch it better to understand how a wobbly bridge in London helps to explain what might have brought the global...
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18 Sept 2016
Which is the biggest music streaming service on the web?
I'm pretty sure if I ask this question in my economics class, then the answer will be Spotify! Indeed a quick show of hands a few days ago revealed that, not only did most students use Spotify...
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18 Sept 2016
Tesco dominates the UK ice-cream market
They seem to have got it licked judging by the latest data on ice-cream sales in the UK. Tesco has just over 27% of take-home sales of ice creams although Lidl, Aldi and (appropriately enough)...
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18 Sept 2016
China's State-Owned Car Making Giants
China is now easily the biggest manufacturer of cars in the world (overtaking Japan and Germany some time ago). In 2015, the country manufactured 21 million cars in production plants located in...
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18 Sept 2016
Canada considers new trade hub for Brexit Britain
Oh good. Another country, after Australia comes forward to press the free trade agenda with Britain, and a G7 member too.
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16 Sept 2016
Lesson Worksheets for Year 2 Linear A Level Economics
Our series of key topic lesson worksheets for the Year 2 teaching content of A Level Economics are now complete and ready to send out immediately.
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16 Sept 2016
Bank, Camera, Action Competition from the Bank of England
The Bank of England has a brand new film competition 'Bank, Camera, Action'. Students are encouraged to make a short film about "A day in the life of the New Fiver" to coincide with the...
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15 Sept 2016
Britain's Government Debt - Who is Buying It?
This is a superbly clear short video from the Financial Times on how the UK government must compete on then global market for investors prepared to buy new issues of gilts (government bonds).
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14 Sept 2016
Teaching AQA, OCR or Edexcel A Level Economics? Join our Teacher Facebook Groups
Our AQA, OCR and Edexcel A Level Economic Teacher Facebook Groups went live this week with the aim of allowing AQA, OCR and Edexcel A Level Economics Teachers the opportunity to engage, connect and...
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14 Sept 2016
Reinhard Selten remembered
Reinhard Selten was a pioneer of the analysis of strategic interaction of both fully rational players (game theory) and boundedly rational humans (experimental economics). He died in August 2016...
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14 Sept 2016
Globalisation and the Elephant Chart
The FT’s Chris Giles reports on a study by the Resolution Foundation that shows that globalisation does not appear to have hurt the lower middle classes in wealthy countries
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13 Sept 2016
The size and power of Global Corporations - a quick resource for the classroom
Globalisation and the emphasis on the world economy is a significant difference between Year 1 and 2 in A Level Economics. The increasing spread of globalisation is an important topic and we have...
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