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15 Mar 2015
Impact of weak currenicies on exporters
On Friday morning there was a useful discussion on Wake up to Money about the effect that cuts in interest rates in countries such as China and South Korea are having on the change rate of the...
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14 Mar 2015
African Students Abroad
Many of our A level students have their thoughts fixed pretty firmly on the coming transfer to university, and how their lives will be change in a few months time. But they probably don't expect...
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13 Mar 2015
Boom Bust Boom
Boom Bust Boom is a new film on economics from Terry Jones (ex of Monty Python) and it provides a clear, blow-by-blow explanation of the 2008 crisis: how excessive lending to the non-creditworthy...
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12 Mar 2015
George Osborne: has he reached his own targets?
There will be many assessments of the economic record of the Coalition government in the run up to the 2015 election. Not many people read the Independent (it has a daily circulation of under...
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12 Mar 2015
Corruption in Nigeria
This news report from Channel 4 news (broadcast in March 2015) focuses on the scale of corruption in Nigeria. Claims of massive corruption loom over Nigeria's 2015 general election, with the...
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12 Mar 2015
2015 IMF review of the Indian economy
A useful primer on the IMF view of prospects for the Indian economy. The Indian economy has bottomed out and is on a revival path, with growth strengthening, helped by positive policy actions that...
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12 Mar 2015
GDP Bonds and Greek Debt
If smaller eurozone countries get into debt difficulties without a fiscal union, it is difficult for Europe to help. Could GDP-linked bonds be the answer in the long run to addressing a country's...
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12 Mar 2015
Infrastructure – Africa's sticking point?
The level of infrastructure spending in Africa remains well below the levels required to sustain rapid rates of economic growth. The annual level of capital spending on core infrastructure is...
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11 Mar 2015
Lesson Starter on UK regional economies - Don't Draw the Short Straw
Here's a short, engaging lesson starter looking at some of the economic differences of the regions in the UK. This resource looks at pay levels, regional output, regional productivity and...
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11 Mar 2015
John Van Reenen on Austerity
It is likely that there will be tax increases after the election - whoever wins, according to 'Austerity' by John Van Reenen in this new short video assessing the state of the UK economy ahead of...
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10 Mar 2015
Petrobras corruption scandal rocks Brazil
Corruption is a persistent and endemic problem in many countries but the Petrobas bribery and kickback scandal in Brazil is a great one to use when looking for contextual examples of the impact of...
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10 Mar 2015
Launch of the Apple Watch
The long awaited announcement of the launch of the Apple Watch came on March 9th. In a classic and pertinent example of price anchoring, the prices for the watch will begin at $349, with a 18-carat...
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9 Mar 2015
Can we escape the grip of secular stagnation?
Are we doomed to secular stagnation, to permanently low rates of economic growth? The debate was sparked off nearly a decade before the financial crisis by the top American economist Robert Gordon....
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6 Mar 2015
Arthur Lewis and Development Economics
On the centenary of Arthur Lewis's birth, LSE Deputy Director and Provost Professor Stuart Corbridge discusses the Nobel laureate's contribution to development economics at LSE and the world at large
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6 Mar 2015
China's growth target for 2015 is shaved to 7%
The Chinese government has shaved their real GDP growth target for 2015 to 7% as a gathering slowdown in economic growth becomes more apparent by the day. Corruption, deep social concerns about...
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1 Mar 2015
The Invisible Hand of the Ticket Tout
How much would you pay to hear your favourite band play live, to watch your team play at Wembley, or to see Benedict Cumberbatch play Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre? If you couldn't get tickets...
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26 Feb 2015
Immigration and the UK Labour Market
New analysis shows that there is no evidence of a negative impact of immigration on jobs, wages, housing or the crowding out of public services. The research is summarised in a new report from the...
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24 Feb 2015
CMA targets pay day lenders and comparison websites
A neighbour recently asked me (starting his question with the dreaded phrase "You're an economist…") what was all this fuss about payday lenders? Surely they are providing a valuable service to...
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23 Feb 2015
Popular culture is the driving force of inequality
The Oscars have come and gone for another year. Winning an Oscar is very often the basis for either making a fortune, or turning an existing one into mega riches. Jack Nicholson has an estimated...
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22 Feb 2015
Practice Data Response Unemployment and Inflation
Suggested answers to a practice data response question on unemployment and inflation (AS Macro)
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