Blog and updates
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5 Apr 2016
Macro Economic Policy Conflict for the BoE - balancing the needs of the MPC and FPC
I've been doing some research today on macro economic policy conflicts in preparation for a hoped-for joint webinar between the Bank of England and tutor2u as the next instalment of our...
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5 Apr 2016
OCR F585 Economics - Extract 1 - Globalisation and Trade
Provided below is a recording of my 30 minute revision webinar on OCR F585 Economics - Extract 1 - Globalisation and Trade and also the slides used in the presentation.
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5 Apr 2016
OCR F585 Economics - Extract 2 - Globalisation and Balance of Payments Imbalances
Here is a recording of my 40 minute revision webinar on OCR F585 Economics - Extract 2 - Globalisation and Balance of Payments Imbalances and also a copy of the slides used during the session.
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3 Apr 2016
Scotland the Feckless
A short visit to the Highlands last week was refreshing. The scenery is just as spectacular as ever, and the people just as welcoming. But elsewhere, the tectonic plates are shifting. Last week, a...
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2 Apr 2016
Revision Tweets on the Zambian Economy for F585
Zambia is a factor-driven developing country and has enjoyed strong GDP growth in recent years. But global economic headwinds are now turning against Zambia. As the main chosen country for the OCR...
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2 Apr 2016
A Brief History of Industrial Revolutions
Oxford Economist Ian Goldin on how a new nervous system of information of 5 billion connected people will define our time - all fascinating stuff at whatever stage of the life cycle we have reached!
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31 Mar 2016
Macroeconomic Profile for Zambia
This is an updated three slide economic profile for Zambia. It looks at the main macroeconomic indicators and provides an evaluation of the main barriers to growth and development facing this...
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30 Mar 2016
Price hike in vanilla from Madagascar due to changes in conditions of supply
The British love their vanilla from Madasgascar - it has a distinctive smooth texture and taste that we seem to particularly enjoy. However, changes in conditions of supply are causing a rise in...
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29 Mar 2016
Water Fountains in Schools - More Powerful than a Sugar Tax?
Could the provision of powerful water fountains in schools and colleges be a more effective and fairer nudge to encourage students to drink more water and avoid sugary products? Evidence in this...
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28 Mar 2016
Contestability in Banking - Are New Entrants Making a Difference?
Retail banking is an industry where established companies have hefty market dominance and new entrants such as Virgin Money, Metro Bank and others have barely made a dent thus far. But the UK is...
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28 Mar 2016
Macroeconomic Profile for China
This blog provides a download link to a 3 slide powerpoint economic profile for the Chinese economy
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28 Mar 2016
Copying Behaviour - Stay at Home Millennials
Standard textbook economic analysis tends to assume that the choices people make in the daily lives are not particularly strongly influenced by the preferences and decisions of others. But we know...
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27 Mar 2016
Battle for Market Share in Cloud Platform Services
It would be easy to assume that the internet behemoth Google would stand head and shoulders above others in providing cloud platform services. In fact Amazon Web Services is - for the moment - well...
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26 Mar 2016
Lord Mervyn King on The End of Alchemy
In this talk at Google HQ in London, the former governor of the Bank of England discusses the differences between engineering and economics and much else besides!
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26 Mar 2016
4 Things You Need to Know about Peru
Peru has an enviable macroeconomic record, indeed it is one of the best performers in Latin America. The IMF’s top economist on Peru, Ana Corbacho, explains what sets it apart.
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26 Mar 2016
Social Safety Nets to Support Growth and Development
10 per cent of the world's population live in countries that are not covered by social safety net systems and only one third of the poor in the world are covered. Social safety nets in the form of...
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26 Mar 2016
Gross National Happiness - Images from Bhutan
This picture book from the Guardian looks at life in Bhutan. The country uses its own Gross National Happiness Index published each year.
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26 Mar 2016
Nick Crafts: The Great Depression of the 1930s: Lessons for Today
If you enjoy your economic history then this 40 minute talk by the eminent Professor Nick Crafts will float your boat! Speaking at the 2016 Warwick Economics Summit, he discusses some of the policy...
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26 Mar 2016
The Modern Kuznets Curve - A Second Wave of Inequality
Inequality between countries has decline over the long run but has increased within them in a large number of cases. In a new book Branko Milanovic explores some of the long-term dynamics of income...
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26 Mar 2016
Fiscal Policy Revision: Focus on UK Government Debt
The government issues debt to help finance a fiscal (budget) deficit. The budget deficit is the annual amount the government has to borrow to meet the shortfall between current receipts (tax) and...
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