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6 Feb 2025
Cracking the Cashew Conundrum: Ghana’s Battle for Value Addition
This article from BBC news provides an in-depth look at Ghana’s cashew processing struggles through the lens of economic theory, making it an essential read for students of development economics.
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6 Feb 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – A big hike in water bills this year (Feb 2025)
Water bills in England and Wales are set for their biggest rise since privatisation, with households paying more while investors benefit.
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4 Feb 2025
Data Starter: Global remittances versus foreign aid in 2021 (World Bank, 2024 data)
What is the relative importance of money sent or brought back by migrants compared to foreign aid?
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3 Feb 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – why are the government planning to create a ‘Silicon Valley’ in the UK? (Feb 2025)
Rachel Reeves is likely to unveil plans to create “Europe’s Silicon Valley” between Oxford and Cambridge.
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1 Feb 2025
Trump’s Tariff Gambit: Economic Fallout from a New Trade War
Donald Trump’s decision to impose sweeping import tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China—some of the United States’ largest trading partners—has sparked fears of a fresh trade war. With a 25% tariff...
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31 Jan 2025
Data Starter: Quantitative Easing in the UK 2009-2022
How many assets did the Bank of England purchase in its QE programme between 2009 and 2020?
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31 Jan 2025
Economics Weekly Quiz | 31 January 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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30 Jan 2025
Healthy food costs more than double less healthy options
The fact that healthy food, such as fruit and vegetables, costs twice the amount that heavily-processed foods does, has interesting economic implications. The fact that such foods are luxury goods,...
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30 Jan 2025
Manufacturing: UK car production falls to lowest level since 1954
The decline in the number of cars manufactured in the UK to its lowest level since 1954 is concerning, given the relative importance of the sector and its contribution to the UK economy, not least...
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30 Jan 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – how concerning is the increase in government borrowing? (Jan 2025)
Government borrowing surged to £17.8bn in December, the highest for the month in four years.
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28 Jan 2025
Data Starter: UK budget deficit as a % of GDP, 2019-2024
Has the UK government succeeded in reducing government borrowing since the pandemic?
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27 Jan 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – why are Leeds clubbers being given lollipops? (Jan 2025)
A Leeds nightclub is giving lollipops to clubbers to reduce noise complaints.
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27 Jan 2025
Electricity Sparks Change in a Senegalese Village
Manna from heaven for those people studying development economics, with this fantastic World Bank video clip highlighting the transformative power of electricity. The connection of the Senegalese...
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24 Jan 2025
From Construction to Retail: The Financial Quagmire Threatening UK Businesses
As 2025 begins, the UK’s economic landscape resembles a precariously balanced house of cards. The latest "Red Flag Alert" report from corporate restructuring firm Begbies Traynor, reveals a 50.2%...
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24 Jan 2025
Sutton trust calls for reforms to unpaid internships
This is an interesting and complex niche area of the labour market, and one of those things where you instinctively wonder whether or not legislating is actually going to generate net benefit. The...
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24 Jan 2025
Data Starter: Smoking by gender across the world in 2024
Do men or women smoke more in the world?
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24 Jan 2025
Economics Weekly Quiz | 24 January 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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23 Jan 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – are people on low to middle incomes in the UK worse off than those in other countries? (Jan 2025)
A study by the Resolution Foundation reveals that low- to middle-income families in the UK are significantly poorer than their counterparts in western Europe.
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22 Jan 2025
A Level Economics Teachers CPD | Approaches to mock marking and mock feedback in Economics
Three expert panelists give their views and suggestions on approaches to marking mock exams and giving feedback to students. This is part of series of videos for teachers of A Level Economics.
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22 Jan 2025
Tourist Taxes: Smart Policy or Costly Mistake?
Tourist taxes, or transient visitor levies, are fees charged per night of accommodation or per entry to manage the impacts of tourism. Funds often support infrastructure, cultural heritage, or...
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