Blog and updates
-
11 Nov 2015
The Future of China's Economy
This is an absolute gem! It is the recording of a live lecture on China given at the Oxford Martin School on Wednesday 11th November 2015. I thoroughly recommend that all A2 economics students...
-
11 Nov 2015
In Conversation with Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, at Harvard University. He is the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics and an honorary...
-
10 Nov 2015
FDI and LRAS: Microsoft to open UK data centres
Data storage centres have a physical bricks and mortar aspect but also a weightless component too! The decision by Microsoft to invest in two new data centres will have effects on aggregate demand...
-
10 Nov 2015
The Impact of Falling Oil and Steel Prices on the UK Economy
My first year macro students are analysing and evaluating some effects of the steep decline in oil and steel prices on key UK macroeconomic indicators. Here’s some background reading for their...
-
10 Nov 2015
Supply-side Economics: Commercialising University Research
This brand new short film from Cambridge Enterprise highlights six of their successes in bringing inventions to market - be it ground-breaking drugs with the potential to save millions of lives, or...
-
10 Nov 2015
Exposure to the Chinese Economic Slowdown
In this excellent short six minute discussion George Magnus, associate at Oxford University's China Centre, explains to FT's Dan McCrum who is exposed to China's slowdown and how it is changing.
-
10 Nov 2015
Groucho Marx and Property Bubbles
The commercial property market in London has been booming for several years. The Bank of England is concerned about yet another property bubble building up. The executive director for financial...
-
10 Nov 2015
Retail without the Risk - The Low Cost Gym Industry
Retail without the risk? The Gym Group is a low-cost fitness chains and one of many that is racing to open up new gyms by leasing some of the spare retail space on Britain's beleaguered high...
-
10 Nov 2015
AQA AS Economics Practice Papers
We've just completed the first collection of practice exam papers for the new AQA A Level (AS) Economics specifications.
-
10 Nov 2015
Edexcel Economics A (AS) Practice Exam Papers
We pleased to announce the completion of a new suite of four practice exam papers for the new Edexcel Economics A (AS) specification.
-
9 Nov 2015
OECD cuts global growth forecast
The world economy normally grows by around 4% each year and a growth rate of 3% is regarded by many as tantamount to a new global recession. The OCED's latest macro forecast reflects concerns about...
-
9 Nov 2015
Investment Ratios for Selected Countries
As part of A2 macroeconomics we have been looking at capital investment ratios for a number of countries. Investment has important demand and supply-side effects. The UK has a relatively low rate...
-
8 Nov 2015
Premature Deindustrialization in Africa
A decade of fast growth driven mainly by rampant commodity price inflation has left many African countries vulnerable to the Chinese economic slowdown.
-
8 Nov 2015
Dynamic Pricing from Digital Profiles
A hat tip to Matt Smith for spotting this one and putting on his excellent twitter feed @EconomicsALevel This article from the Guardian will be a go-to resource when I start teaching the economics...
-
8 Nov 2015
Outward Migration from India - Brain Drain or Brain Deposit?
This is a really important development economics issue. India and many other developing / emerging countries has seen a significant rise in net outward migration of skilled people. To what extent...
-
8 Nov 2015
African Population Growth - Dividend or Disaster
Can Africa's booming population be harnessed for economic growth? This new book - available for free download from the World Bank - explores many of the issues. Click here for the resource
-
6 Nov 2015
Go Ahead Punk IPA - Make my Day!
Brewdog is one of those case studies in small business growth that offers so many rich contextual examples for students - their distinctive approach to craft brewing, novel fund raising, move...
-
6 Nov 2015
Searching for an Environmental Kuznets Curve
As countries become richer, is there a turning point beyond which they successfully start to reduce their CO2 emissions per capita? The charted animation below takes a selection of countries and...
-
6 Nov 2015
HDI Progress for Selected Countries
This chart tracks changes in HDIO and GNI per capita (PPP) for a selection of countries that we are studying as part of our A2 development economics module.
-
6 Nov 2015
GNI per Capita and Life Expectancy
This data comes from the World Bank data explorer and looks at the differences in per capita GNI (PPP) and life expectancy for the countries of the world. The size of the bubbles reflects the total...
Get email updates
Subscribe to our email updates and we’ll let you know whenever new content we think you’ll find useful is added.