Blog and updates
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4 Dec 2015
Market for ivory - prices, market failure and black markets
This week on the Beyond the Bike adventure, Stuart and Claire have been investigating the impact of illegal ivory poaching near Lusaka. To support the Beyond the Bike investigation, we have put...
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3 Dec 2015
Altriusm as part of Behavioural Economics - Zuckerberg joins the list of big philanthropists
Altruism has been included as part of the new specifications for A level Economics. The concept is included as part of the greater emphasis on behavioural economics as evidence of the growing...
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3 Dec 2015
Productive Efficiency: How Amazon gets packages to you
Amazon's investment in robots to improve productive efficiency at many of their hub distribution centres in the USA and overseas is emphasised in this superb two minute video clip - a perfect...
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3 Dec 2015
Amartya Sen: Development Economics in the Next 30 Years
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen talks about key issues in development research over the last 30 years. In a world of one priority you miss out a lot of things – we need to take again a WIDER view on a...
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3 Dec 2015
Joseph Stiglitz: The State of the Market Explained
In this video Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz discusses the importance of finding the right balance between the state and the market, the discussion on governance as well as the role of economists...
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3 Dec 2015
Human Development: The Last 30 Years and the Next 30
In this short and accessible interview Frances Stewart, University of Oxford, discusses the past, present and future of human development through her research on the subject.
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3 Dec 2015
Climate Change: The Last 30 Years and the Next 30
In this interview Channing Arndt explores how developing countries will undergo the development process amid the threat of climate change. Furthermore he discusses the potentials for the creation...
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3 Dec 2015
What's Up with Benefit Tourism?
This video provides an accessible and humorous account of the issues surrounding the Prime Minister’s negotiations with the European Commission, focused on migrants’ access to welfare benefits.
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3 Dec 2015
Black Friday, Games and the Stock Market
Black Friday has come and gone. The massive surge into the shops which was anticipated in much of the media failed to materialise.
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1 Dec 2015
Barriers to Economics Development: Corruption in Africa
This news will hardly come as a surprise to seasoned students of development economics.
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1 Dec 2015
Can Nigeria replicate China's economic transformation?
Correct your maps: China is Nigeria!
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1 Dec 2015
Contestable Markets: Tyrrells Launches Advertising Campaign
The premium crisp / potato chip market is increasingly crowded these days. I don't mean the industrial offering stacked high from the likes of Pringles but the slightly more esoteric product brands...
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1 Dec 2015
International Trade Infographics
There are some super graphics that provide a stimulating insight into the pattern of international trade from The Economist.
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1 Dec 2015
Ofcom - the industry regulator using other methods to support consumers
A lack of competition in a market can lead to welfare loss in terms of high prices and lack of innovation within the industry. One government response is to assign a regulator - an organisation...
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30 Nov 2015
HS2 to arrive early - in Crewe?
Now, there are not many things that those of us who live near Crewe can crow about at the moment (although the mighty Crewe Alex did manage to get themselves off the bottom of League One at the...
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30 Nov 2015
Climate Change Summit - a chance for some Quantitative Methods!
You may have already read Ruth's blog this morning on COP21 and, of course, you will see it mentioned in many news broadcasts over the coming days. Teachers of A Level Economics will know that...
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27 Nov 2015
Power shortages hit the Zambian economy
Water shortages are hitting a country highly dependent on hydro-electric power. And a collapsing currency is causing a steep rise in the import price of imported fuels and mobile electricity...
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27 Nov 2015
Beyond the Bike - Special Economic Zones in China and Africa
The final extract of the OCR Global Economy pre-release case study for F585 refers to the impact of Special Economic Zones for development in Zambia. The adoption of the SEZ approach in Zambia...
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27 Nov 2015
Causes and Effects of China's Growth Slowdown - Views from Economists
Will the Chinese economy grow permanently at less than 6%? What are the prospects for the Chinese economy and its international impact? A recent survey on Chinese economic prospects for the Centre...
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27 Nov 2015
Beyond the Bike - Lesson Resource on Chinese FDI into Zambia
For students studying for the OCR F585 pre-release case study paper, the Beyond the Bike resources on Zambia from the last few weeks might prove useful in getting to grips with the Zambian context....
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