Blog and updates
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29 Jan 2015
Questioning the UK’s Economic Recovery - Exam Style
A lot has been made of the recent set of growth figures recently published of the UK economy. Despite the seemingly positive 0.5% quarterly growth and 2.6% annual growth, the overall impression is...
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29 Jan 2015
Russia’s credit rating is ‘junk’
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29 Jan 2015
Capital in the 21st Century - Vox Views with Thomas Piketty
Is rising inequality inevitable? Thomas Piketty, author of 'Capital in the 21st Century', argues that political institutions hold the answer.
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29 Jan 2015
Apple makes the highest ever quarterly profit
Someone somewhere got an iPhone for Christmas! Apple's newly released revenue and profits figures are truly staggering.
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28 Jan 2015
Trade imbalances animation
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28 Jan 2015
Incentives to quit smoking in pregnancy
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28 Jan 2015
UKED Magazine
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28 Jan 2015
A Richer World- BBC News Special
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28 Jan 2015
Birthday parties and the NHS: We Need More Markets
Many outrageous things happened around the world during the course of last week. But, judging by both the level of popular interest in the story and reaction to it, the most heinous was the...
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27 Jan 2015
Resources on the Greek Economic Crisis
The January 2015 election has once again raised the issue of Greek's economic and political crisis straight to the top of the news agenda. Here are some video resources and other links to the...
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26 Jan 2015
Clued Up - Economics News
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23 Jan 2015
Detailed Diagrams - Indirect Tax
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22 Jan 2015
ECB launches Quantitative Easing for the Euro Zone
In a long awaited move, the European Central Bank (ECB) has launched a huge programme of quantitative easing (QE) (60 billion euro per month) as part of their continued efforts to kick-start...
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22 Jan 2015
Hyundai profits hit by falling Yen
The world's 5th largest car maker has posted substantially lower profits.
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22 Jan 2015
Two-Way Ratings in Service Industries
The irrepressible Rory Sutherland is on fine form in this article in the Spectator.
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21 Jan 2015
UK unemployment falls and the pattern of jobs changes
Students will know that I am a big fan of the Financial Times channel on You Tube. Today's clip focuses in on the (hugely welcome) fall in unemployment in the UK and also the fast-changing pattern...
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21 Jan 2015
Bring Back Cedric the Pig!
Executive bonuses are back in the news. The Goldman Sachs pot of £8.3 billion has been prominent. German executive pay has overtaken that in the UK for the first time. Top management seems to have...
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