Blog and updates
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20 Sept 2015
20 Common Behavioural Biases
Click here for an infographic on 20 of the most common cognitive biases that can mess with your head when it’s decision time! Better still click below to download the word file that I have created...
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20 Sept 2015
Is Another Mega Brewing Merger On The Cards?
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer by sales, has approached rival SABMiller to explore a tie-up. This Financial Times discussion video looks at some of the possible motives behind the...
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20 Sept 2015
Poundland merger with 99p Stores approved
Poundland's merger with 99p Stores - its biggest rival - increasing concentration in this discount sector of the market, has been approved - hurrah! The Competition and Markets Authority feels that...
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20 Sept 2015
The Economic Efficiency of Roundabouts
In every single metric, roundabouts beat intersections in efficiency. That is the conclusion of a new study published on the Priceonomics website. Click here for the article
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20 Sept 2015
Global Competitiveness Report 2015-16
The 2015-16 Global Competitiveness Report is due to be published later on this week and we'll post the key results and country movers when it is launched. For the moment, here is a good short video...
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20 Sept 2015
Network Rail privatisation on the table
The future of Network Rail is highlighted as the executive responsible for advising the government on how to proceed rail infrastructure investment is due to report. In this interview with the BBC...
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20 Sept 2015
Corbynomics sparks economic debate
Chris Giles the FT's economic editor and Martin Sandbhu, an economics writer, discuss what is meant by the term 'Corbynomics'. The clip starts from the perspective of trying to give it a fair...
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20 Sept 2015
Why Uber's surge pricing is good for you, according to Uber
A fantastic piece here looking at the function of prices, in this case by considering Uber's 'surge pricing'. Although many see 'surge pricing' as unfair, a study funded by Uber and conducted at...
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18 Sept 2015
Transport Economics Conference 2015
On Friday 18th September, I took my Upper Sixth economists to the annual 'Transport Economics Conference' at the University of Huddersfield. Dr David Warnock-Smith introduced the conference by...
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17 Sept 2015
Swipe-it! Internal and External Economies of Scale
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17 Sept 2015
Beyond the Bike - photo lesson starters
Stuart and Claire are aiming to take some key photos each way that can used as lesson starters in the economics classroom. This week we have three photos, along with some suggested discussion...
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17 Sept 2015
Beyond the Bike resource - comparing Uganda and the Netherlands
In the last week, Stuart and Claire flew from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Kampala in Uganda. You can download our learning resource to accompany this leg of the journey here.
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17 Sept 2015
Beyond the Bike resources - international trade routes
The first Beyond the Bike resource for this week helps students to gain a better understanding of old and new trade routes. You can download this maps-based resource here.
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16 Sept 2015
Using the Rugby World Cup to look at Index Numbers
Here's a nice resource from the furtive imagination of regular tutor2u contributor Penny Brooks. Like many of you, Penny is looking to ensure that general numeracy and other quantitative methods...
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16 Sept 2015
John McDonnell's Economics
Heather Stewart in the Guardian attempts to identify the credo of the new Shadow Chancellor, and in doing so cites one name I'd be happy with - Mazzucato - and then little else. Yes, John McDonnell...
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16 Sept 2015
Corruption hurts the Brazilian economy
When we come to looking at the Brazilian economy in more depth later on this year, I will be pointing students to this article on corruption surround Petrobras from the BBC website. For many...
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16 Sept 2015
The scale of global gambling losses
I once had two students in my class both called William Hill - I thought to myself "what's the odds on that?"
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16 Sept 2015
Working for the Economy - Trade Union Reform
Here is an excellent research document from the New Economics Foundation looking at the importance of trade unions in the modern economy and, perhaps, as a counterpoint to yesterday's Trade Union...
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15 Sept 2015
Use of Computers in Schools Does not Improve Results, says the OECD
Anyone who knows me will know that I like my technology. Anyone who's ever been in one of my lessons will know that I like to use technology in the classroom. So, you can imagine my trepidation...
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15 Sept 2015
Portion Sizes and Nudges to Combat Obesity
Hat tip to Roberta Keys - up with the lark - for another excellent spot on the BBC website. This is a 'nudge' in action - one of the best ways of tackling obesity is portion control, Cambridge...
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