Blog and updates
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29 Aug 2023
Economics and Business News Quiz - Summer 2023
As the summer draws to an end, I have created a new Kahoot quiz for colleagues who like to build an online quiz into the early stages of their new courses. Please click the link to access the quiz...
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28 Aug 2023
Is an expanding BRICS a challenger to G7?
A short Newsnight video looking at the future for the BRICS group - and whether or not it is going to become a challenger to the G7.
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27 Aug 2023
France to spend €200m on destroying excess wine as demand falls
There's lots to think about here - however, let's start with a simple application of marginalist principles. Can you explain how the French government might justify spending 200 million euros...
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25 Aug 2023
Launch of The Rest is Money
Podcast fans might be interested in the launch on Wednesday 30th August of a new podcast.
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24 Aug 2023
Ideas from Leading Economists
During August we have chosen one economist each day and uploaded study notes on their key ideas and work.
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23 Aug 2023
Update on the Chinese Economy
Plenty happening in the Chinese economy - so here are some links to news, comment and analysis.
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22 Aug 2023
Free Editable Teacher PowerPoints for Economics
My summer and autumn project is to create a complete collection of FREE, editable Teacher PowerPoints for the Edexcel (A) specification and AQA Economics. The first batch is ready to download now...
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9 Aug 2023
China's Deflation Problem
This is an important issue to follow in the weeks and months ahead. While many western countries and their governments grapple with high inflation in the wake of the pandemic, China faces a growing...
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6 Aug 2023
Why is macroeconomic forecasting so difficult?
The Bank of England has commissioned a review of their macroeconomic forecasting modelling to be led by Ben Bernanke, an eminent economic historian and former Chairman of the US Federal Reserve....
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6 Aug 2023
Impact of higher interest rates on emerging markets
Here is a really interesting clip looking at how higher interest rates in developed countries have adverse implications for emerging markets - higher borrowing costs, the possibility of capital...
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6 Aug 2023
Is Tesla doing to the motor industry what Apple did to Nokia?
I'm not entirely sure that the parallels drawn by John Naughton between Apple/Nokia, Tesla and the motor industry are necessarily correct - however, this article does cover some interesting ground...
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2 Aug 2023
In Economics - what is thinking at the margin?
A typically excellent Marginal Revolution University clip looking at one of the most basic economic principles, the marginal principle, which is an essential part of thinking like an economist....
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31 Jul 2023
Financial Market Failure - Banks Under Pressure to Improve Savings Interest Rates
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have told the UK's High Street banks that they will adopt a more pro-active regulatory role as regards their savings rates. They've asserted that those banks...
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31 Jul 2023
China's Great Economic Slowdown
The Chinese economy was forecast to recover at pace in the aftermath of the pandemic: however, it hasn't. Troubles in the property sector, to the extent that property prices are falling in some...
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25 Jul 2023
Why does productivity tend to lag major technological advances?
Robert Solow famously said that computers were everywhere, except in the productivity statistics. This Jonty Bloom article for BBC news is well worth a read not least because it quotes Diane Coyle...
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23 Jul 2023
Capital Labour Substitution - vending machines pouring pints for the masses
This Guardian piece about the EBar highlights the substitutability of labour and capital, although it's interesting that there's a clear delineation between the use of the vending machines at...
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20 Jul 2023
Sustainable Cocoa Farming Yields Carbon Credits for Ghana
This World Bank clip highlights how the REDD+ programme is helping Ghanaian cocoa farmers operate in a more sustainable manner, and in doing so generating carbon credits that will ensure that they...
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19 Jul 2023
UK Economy - Inflation Falls to Below 8%
A welcome fall in UK inflation lifts hopes that interest rates may peak at six per cent or less in the coming weeks and months. UK annual CPI inflation rate dropped from 8.7% in May 2023 to 7.9% in...
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16 Jul 2023
UK councils call for total ban on disposable vapes by 2024
The Local Government Association has called for a ban on the sale of disposable vapes, with 1.3m of them being thrown away every week.
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15 Jul 2023
Philippines: What a Fish Farm Can Teach Us About Migration
This brilliant World Bank clip looks at the importance of outward migration for developing economies, such as the Philippines.
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