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27 Feb 2024
Pollution and Development Barriers - Four Countries and Four Stories
An excellent four minute clip looking at the economic and human cost of air pollution in South Asia which causes an estimated 2 million premature deaths each year and reduces life expectancy by...
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27 Feb 2024
Growth and Development in Thailand - Tackling Human Capital Gaps
This World Bank clip looks at the lack of foundational skills in Thailand, a middle income country, noting that a lack of literacy and basic digital skills means that some people lack human...
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27 Feb 2024
CMA to investigate anti-competitive behaviour among leading house builders
Oh dear! It seems as though the housing market is in the crosshairs of the competition authorities, after a year-long investigation. It also appears that the outcome of this is, in some senses,...
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26 Feb 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – the Body Shop shuts down some of its UK stores (Feb 2024)
The Body Shop, once a pioneer in ethical trading and cruelty-free beauty, has been struggling and it announced closures of many of its UK stores this month as the UK business goes into administration.
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23 Feb 2024
Economics Weekly Quiz | 23 February 2024
Here's our weekly economics news quiz covering stories from the UK and global economic events of the passed 7 days.
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22 Feb 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – the UK’s economy slips into recession (Feb 2024)
Last week the ONS GDP data showed the UK economy grew weakly at 0.1% in 2023 with the last two quarters of 2023 showing negative real GDP growth – a recession.
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22 Feb 2024
Financial Economics Revision Video Playlist
There are over eighty revision videos in our Financial Economics playlist on You Tube and this includes 30 shorts for those wanting to work through key ideas quickly.
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22 Feb 2024
Government Intervention - Price Cap for Online Slot Machines to be cut
There's going to be tougher regulation of online slot machines, in line with fixed odds betting terminals (FOBT), so that under-25s will be limited to a £2 stake, and older gamblers will be allowed...
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22 Feb 2024
NVIDIA revenues soar - has AI reached a tipping point?
AI has hit the tipping point according to the Boss of NVIDIA which dominates the market for AI chips. Profits are up 769% on the year before. The company has reported revenue of over $21 billion in...
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20 Feb 2024
60 Second Economics - Behavioural Economics
lIdeal for rapid revision, this is a growing playlist of shorts covering aspects of behavioural economics!
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20 Feb 2024
CMA to investigate possible price collusion in baby formula milk industry
Another competition policy story with the Competition and Markets authority going to investigate baby formula manufacturers, after a preliminary report saw the price of baby formula had increased...
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20 Feb 2024
Has this vertical farm cracked the code for sustainable farming?
Vertical farming appears to becoming a feature of the agricultural landscape, with this BBC piece looking at a facility in Gloucestershire that is growing salad crops three times faster under...
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19 Feb 2024
UK Economy In 2023 | What Students Need to Know for their 2024 A-Level Economics Exams
Here is a short video looking at what happened to the UK economy in 2023. We cover inflation, growth, unemployment, interest rates, migration, fiscal deficit and debt and some others as well. The...
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19 Feb 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – what has been happening to the sterling exchange rate? (Feb 2024)
The exchange rate is only in the news when there is a newsworthy dramatic movement, but even a gentle trend can have economic impacts. Here is a helpful update!
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18 Feb 2024
60 Second Microeconomics - Short Revision Videos
Ideal for rapid revision, here is a growing playlist of 60-second definition and example videos on a wide range of Year 12 and Year 13 microeconomics topics.
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16 Feb 2024
Argentinian inflation hits more than 250% - will shock therapy work?
Ione Wells reports for the BBC from Argentina where inflation has soared to 250%. Will President Milei's shock therapy policies work? Do they risk causing even deeper short-term pain? This is a...
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16 Feb 2024
Video Shorts on Economies and Diseconomies of Scale
Here is a selection of new shorts on economies and diseconomies of scale.
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16 Feb 2024
Free Teacher PowerPoints for A-Level Economics Teachers
We're making good progress creating all-new, free teacher topic PowerPoints for the two main A-Level Economics specifications: AQA and Edexcel (A). There are now over 250 PowerPoints available to...
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16 Feb 2024
Economics Weekly Quiz | 16 February 2024
Here's our weekly economics news quiz covering stories from the UK and global economic events of the passed 7 days.
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15 Feb 2024
UK Economy Drops into Recession
The UK is in recession after the economy shrank by 0.3% in the final quarter of 2023. Overall, real GDP grew by just 0.1% last year, lagging well behind a resurgent US economy.
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