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Enrichment
Nobel Economics Laureates give advice to Trump
He is not likely to ask for this advice, but this short video has a cluster of Nobel Laureates giving some advice to the President.
Behavioural Nudges and Environmental Sustainability
Here are some notes on environmental nudges given at a talk I attended by two members of the Behavioural Insights team.
The End of China's Economic Miracle?
This is a blog entry mainly for students who are preparing to take a paper on China for their PreU Economics paper. This is a mighty one hour discussion including George Soros on prospects for the...
Why Economists should learn to tell more jokes
Rory Sutherland is on fine form here as he draws on his experiences at the Kilkenny Festival of economics and comedy. Story-telling is an insanely important part of the context in which we take...
Pablo the Dancing Flamingo and Behavioural Priming
Charlie Lewis, Digital Strategist at Winston-Wolf writes here about how an encounter with Pablo the dancing flamingo taught him all he needs to know about behavioural priming!
Social Norms - A Crazy Junction!
This is a stunning video of the Meskel Square Intersection in Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia, caught on camera without traffic lights. Concentration advised, one for experienced locals only...
In Praise of Thomas Schelling
Last year was a year of celebrity deaths. But perhaps the most significant of all received very little coverage. Just before Christmas, Thomas Schelling, Nobel Laureate in economics, died aged 95.
Countries that Export Printing Presses
This has to be a go-to example of first mover advantage and retaining competitive advantage!
My Top 30 Books for Economics and Business Reading in 2017
Here is my updated listing of thirty books for superb enrichment reading over the next twelve months!
Economics books due for publication in 2017
There is no better source than Diane Coyle's Enlightenment Economics blog to keep up to speed with the terrific range of new economics books due for publication in 2017 - here is the link to follow.
Behavioural Economics - Interviews with Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis has a new book out called The Undoing Project - it is the story of the friendship and collaboration between Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky and the emergence of ideas in psychology...
Economics' necessary revolution
A hat tip to Bruce Fellowes for spotting this article on the research of J.Doyne Farmer, Director of the Complexity Economics Programme at the Oxford Martin School. Farmer is an expert in complex...
Ten Economists I Follow on Twitter
There are lots of Economists who are active in the twitter sphere. Here is my selection of ten who inform, enrich, amuse and engage in equal measure!
An age of hyper-uncertainty
Here is a pithy and thought-provoking piece from Professor Barry Eichengreen. 40 years on from JK Galbraith's Age of Uncertainty, Eichengreen argues that 2017 is riven with many more significant...
The Dichotomy of Behavioural Economics
Festive enrichment from two giants - Gerd Gigerenzer & Nassim Nicholas Taleb offer some perspectives on behavioural economics in a recording of a panel event held in December 2016.
Eighty Years on from the General Theory - Keynes Returns
Larry Elliott is on good form in this opinion piece in the Observer. Faced with the upheaval of 2016, what would a cryogenically frozen Keynes do eighty years on from the publication of the General...
The Rise of the Renminbi
The IMF's Finance and Development magazine (December 2016) carries an interesting book review on the rise of the Yuan / renminbi as an international currency and the complexity of China's currency...
Carney on popular disillusionment with capitalism
It's brave of Mark Carney to raise this issue in the Roscoe Lecture at Liverpool John Moores University - inequality remains a major concern. Of course, he will be seen as one of the high priests...
The Pirate Ship Dilemma
Here is a short video looking at the Pirate Ship dilemma that reputedly flummoxed Google CEP Eric Schmidt!
Smog and the Clean Air Act
When teaching externalities how about using this clip from the BBC archives?