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23 Aug 2016
Can the ideas of Joseph Chamberlain revitalise the British economy?
In her first major policy speech one of the people incoming Prime Minister Theresa May name checked - Joseph Chamberlain - raised more than a few eyebrows. Who was Joseph Chamberlain? And why is he...
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22 Aug 2016
Consumer boycotts can have permanent effects
A four-month boycott of Danish dairy products in Saudi Arabia in 2005 was massively successful, according to research by Alexis Antoniades and Sofronis Clerides, presented at the annual congress of...
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22 Aug 2016
Commercial banks and capital requirements
What are capital requirements, and can they prevent future crises? This short video features Professor David Miles.
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21 Aug 2016
Economics After Brexit - Immigration and the Single Market
Free movement of workers within the EU is an essential principle of the EU. In this video, Jonathan Portes discusses the possible impact of Brexit on UK immigration.
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18 Aug 2016
A* - A grades fall for A level and AS Economics in 2016
You may be interested to know that the percentage of students achieving A* or A grades in Economics has fallen in 2016. The percentage of students achieving A* or A in A Level economics fell from...
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14 Aug 2016
How Much Does a Grecian Earn?
This time last year Greece received a third bailout, the Syriza government ate humble pie and we were assured that at some point the Greek economy would improve. A year on, and other things,...
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11 Aug 2016
Is the Euro to Blame For Europe's Poor Growth?
Today's Guardian carries an excerpt from Nobel Prize winner, Joseph Stiglitz's new book, "The Euro and Its Threat to the Future of Europe". In it he suggests that, in its current form, the Euro is...
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10 Aug 2016
Who is the greatest English batsman of all time?
Cricket fans will be delighted that Joe Root is establishing himself this summer as a truly great batsman. His Test match batting average of 55.49 is bettered by only 16 players from across the...
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9 Aug 2016
Tyrrells sold for £300m to US firm Amplify Snacks
Amplify Snacks has bought the British snack firm Tyrrels in a deal worth £300m.
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4 Aug 2016
Crossing the New Silk Road
China is trying to redefine its relationships with many of its regional neighbours, as part of an attempt to boost intra-regional trade and also part of its over-arching strategy to enhance its...
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28 Jul 2016
Limited Role for the State in Driving BioTech
The proposed takeover of the hugely successful ARM Holdings by the Japanese giant, Softbank is in the news. ARM is well placed to exploit the white hot concept of the internet of things.
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27 Jul 2016
Ladbrokes and Coral merger approved
I once had two students in my class who were both called William Hill. I thought, what's the odds on that?
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27 Jul 2016
Ten things to know about economic models
I find making predictions really tough, especially when they concern the future! With that in mind, I really liked this short but very accessible summary of ten limitations of macroeconomic...
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26 Jul 2016
Social Mobility - to intervene or not to intervene....
It's not very often that you spot two articles on the same topic on the same day so I thought that it was appropriate to blog on two different viewpoints on social mobility. Of course, any...
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26 Jul 2016
Ofcom rule that Openreach should not be completely separated from BT
Telecommunications regulator Ofcom have announced that they are not going to force BT to sell off their Openreach broadband provider but do want the division to be set up as a distinct company with...
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25 Jul 2016
RES Competition (2016) Highly Commended Essays
Congratulations to the following students who have all been awarded a Highly Commended in the 2016 RES competition. The overall standard of essays this year was really high so to reach the...
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25 Jul 2016
RES Essay Competition (2016) Final Shortlist
Congratulations to the following students who have reached the final shortlist for the 2016 competition. These were the essays selected by our teacher judging panel from a total entry of just under...
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25 Jul 2016
Well-being: Is there really a mid-life crisis?
People’s life satisfaction follows a U-shape through the life cycle, gradually falling from early adulthood, reaching a minimum at around the ages of 40 to 42 and then rising up to the age of 70....
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24 Jul 2016
Economics Primer - The Market for Lemons
The Economist is running a series of primers on key economics ideas and papers. The first focuses on George Akerlof's brilliant work on asymmetric information and market failure in The Market for...
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22 Jul 2016
£24 billion takeover bid for technology firm ARM
Japanese company SoftBank has made a huge bid for the leading UK technology company ARM holdings - it is a huge commercial punt on the growth potential of the Internet of Things. BBC Newsnight...
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