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18 Feb 2025
Data Starter: Share of global plastic waste emitted to the ocean, 2019
Which continents cause the most plastic pollution in oceans?
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17 Feb 2025
Could Canada Join the European Union?
Could Canada realistically join the European Union? With growing trade tensions between Canada and the U.S., the idea of closer economic ties with Europe is resurfacing. But is full EU membership...
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17 Feb 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – Surprise growth for the UK economy in the fourth quarter, 2024 (Feb 2025)
The UK economy narrowly avoided a technical recession in late 2024, with GDP edging up by 0.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the ONS.
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16 Feb 2025
The Baby Formula Price Trap: How Branding and Regulation Are Costing Parents
Every parent wants to give their baby the best start in life. For many, that means choosing the right infant formula when breastfeeding isn’t an option. But the reality of the UK’s baby formula...
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14 Feb 2025
Data Starter: Human Development Index vs GDP per capita 1990-2022
How do HDI and GDP per capita measures compare in economies?
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14 Feb 2025
Economics Weekly Quiz | 14 February 2025
Here's this week's economics news quiz. The quiz has 8 multi-choice questions about news events relating to economics from the last 7 days. Most of the questions relate to the UK economy but some...
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13 Feb 2025
Spring Economics Revision Livestreams on YouTube
Our Economics revision livestreams are back! Here are details of a cluster of four revision session on our YouTube Channel. Each session (at 5.30pm in the evening) will be packed full of...
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13 Feb 2025
Zonal Pricing and the AI Gold Rush: Who Wins, Who Loses?
The future of AI in the UK might not be decided in London, Cambridge, or Manchester but in the remote and windswept landscapes of Scotland. Tech giants Amazon and OpenAI are pushing for a radical...
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13 Feb 2025
UK Economy in Trouble? Flat Growth & Falling Living Standards Explained!
The UK economy is struggling—real GDP growth is sluggish, business confidence is falling, and real living standards are under pressure. With growth at just 0.1% in the last quarter and GDP per...
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13 Feb 2025
Airport Expansion With British Steel
The Chief Executive of Heathrow Airport is going to announce plans for a third runway, and that the project is going to use British steel in its construction. It's interesting, not least because of...
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13 Feb 2025
How solar panels can help address fuel poverty
The Resolution Foundation has suggested that the problems of the fuel-poor could be tackled if the government subsidised the installation of solar panels to reduce their energy bills. The...
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13 Feb 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – why is beauty company Estée Lauder cutting jobs? (Feb 2025)
Rising costs and uncertainty about tariffs are threatening profits for Estée Lauder, owner of brands such as Clinique, MAC and Jo Malone.
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12 Feb 2025
Lidl lifts pay ahead of minimum wage rise
The grocery retail sector is oligopolistic, which has implications for consumers, in influencing the way in which supermarkets price their products, but also for factors of production in the...
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12 Feb 2025
Why 1.5 million Britons are still hunting for a job
This Guardian piece looks at the current state of play in the labour market through the eyes of some relatively experienced, and skilled, jobseekers. The consensus is that the jobs market is...
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12 Feb 2025
Spain Outpaces Europe: Is This a Sustainable Growth Model?
At a time when major European economies are struggling with stagnation or outright contraction, Spain has emerged as an unlikely success story. In 2024, its economy expanded by a robust 3.2%, far...
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11 Feb 2025
Data Starter: Global harmful tariffs, 2023
Which countries had the most harmful tariffs in force in 2023?
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10 Feb 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – Why is the USA imposing tariffs on other countries? (Feb 2025)
The USA has threatened multiple countries with tariffs since Trump came to power.
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7 Feb 2025
Data Starter: World consumption subsidies for fossil fuels 2010-2023
What happened to the world’s explicit consumption subsidies for fossil fuels between 2010 and 2023?
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7 Feb 2025
Economics Weekly Quiz | 07 February 2025
Here's this week's economics news quiz. The quiz has 8 multi-choice questions about news events relating to economics from the last 7 days. Most of the questions relate to the UK economy but some...
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6 Feb 2025
Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates – What It Means for the UK Economy
Important update for A-Level and IB Students! The Bank of England has just announced a major decision—cutting the base interest rate to 4.5%!
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