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7 Jul 2026
Data Starter: Tax revenue as a % of GDP, 2024 (OECD)
Which countries have the highest tax revenue-to -GDP ratio?
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7 Jul 2026
Enrichment Economics: The Economics of the Attention Economy
In traditional economics, we define scarcity through physical limitations: land, labour, and capital. However, in the hyper-connected digital landscape of 2026, the most critical scarce resource is...
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6 Jul 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – Why is the UK cutting steel imports that do not have a tariff on them? (July 2026)
UK tightens steel import quotas as cheap Chinese supply tests free trade
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6 Jul 2026
Enrichment Economics - From Bargain to Barrier: Why Your Favorite Apps Are Getting Worse
Platform Decay is the definitive economic lifecycle of two-sided digital monopolies, and it explains why the internet feels increasingly hostile, expensive, and cluttered.
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5 Jul 2026
Enrichment Economics - The Billion-Pound Cash Burn: The Economics of Blitzscaling
Coined by Reid Hoffman, Blitzscaling it is the deliberate strategy of prioritising extreme speed over economic efficiency.
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4 Jul 2026
Enrichment Economics - Buying to Bury: Why Monopolies Pay Fortunes for Zero-Revenue Startups
I am a corporate strategy where a dominant monopoly buys a tiny, innovative rival not to grow, but to bury their technology forever. What am I? The answer is a "killer acquisition."
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3 Jul 2026
Data Starter: The EU’s biggest trading-in-goods partners, Q1, 2026
Which countries are the EU’s most important trading partners for trade in goods?
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3 Jul 2026
Economics Weekly Quiz | 03 July 2026
Here's our final economics news quiz of the academic year. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the quiz throughout the year.
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3 Jul 2026
Enrichment Economics: Harvesting Behaviour: The Hidden Economics of 'Free' Digital Services
In traditional economics, firms extract raw materials from the earth to manufacture products. In the 21st century, the most lucrative raw material isn't oil, lithium, or timber—it is human...
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2 Jul 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – What is likely to happen to UK inflation over the next year? (July 2026)
Persian Gulf tensions leave UK inflation hinging on energy supplies
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2 Jul 2026
Enrichment Economics - Trust Me, I’m an Expert: The Hidden Cost of Credence Goods
Every time you buy a sandwich, you know instantly whether it was worth the money. But what happens when you purchase a service and never truly know if you got what you paid for? Welcome to the...
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1 Jul 2026
The Invisible Asset: Why Data is the 21st Century’s Most Valuable Resource
If you open a classic A-Level economics textbook, you will find the fundamental building blocks of any economy neatly categorized into four factors of production: land, labor, capital, and...
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1 Jul 2026
Enrichment Economics: Running to Stand Still: The Zero-Sum Economics of UK Positional Goods
Neoclassical economics is built on a comforting assumption: if we all get richer, our utility increases, and society becomes happier. But if that is true, why does the modern UK economy often feel...
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30 Jun 2026
Data Starter: UK business confidence 2021-2026
Have UK businesses been getting more or less confident in recent years?
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30 Jun 2026
The Empty Telephone Paradox: Why Few People use the Second-Best Social Network
Imagine you are the very first person on Earth to own a telephone. It is a miracle of modern engineering—but it is also completely useless. After all, who are you going to call?
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29 Jun 2026
Essential A-Level Economics Teaching Costs and Revenues
This new online CPD course from tutor2u provides detailed support and guidance on how to effectively and efficiently teach the microeconomic topic of costs, revenue and profits, using a...
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29 Jun 2026
Why an iPhone Costs £1,000 and Baked Beans Cost 50p: The Economics of the Mark-Up
Open any standard economics textbook, and you will find a neat, tidy graph explaining how companies set their prices. The theory says they search for the exact mathematical point where marginal...
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29 Jun 2026
In the News Teaching Activity – What key economic challenges will a new PM face? (June 2026)
Weak growth, low investment and fiscal pressures will test next PM & Chancellor
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26 Jun 2026
Economics Weekly Quiz | 26 June 2026
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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26 Jun 2026
Enrichment Economics - Algorithmic Pricing: When AI Becomes the Price Setter
Gone are the days when managers updated prices once a week. Today, algorithms can change prices thousands of times a day, responding instantly to shifts in demand, competitor behaviour, weather...
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