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Enrichment
An Invitation to the 2017 Marshall Society Economics Conference
Tutor2u are pleased to support this event once again held in the beautiful surroundings of the Cambridge Union Building. Here are details of the 2017 Marshall Society conference which promises to...
The Making of Vienetta!
Here is a brilliant You Tube clip showing how the much loved Vienetta ice cream is made - a great visual illustration of the power of specialised capital, economies of scale and the prominence of...
Growth traps and opportunities for Africa's lions
On November 3, the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings hosted a conversation on the new book “Africa’s Lions: Growth Traps and Opportunities for Six African Economies,” which examines the key...
Revealed Preferences and the Death of Polling
So the pollsters got it wrong again. After the general election last year and then Brexit, it is perhaps not surprising. What is surprising is just how wrong they were. The real problem is the...
Can the government make us happy? Should it try?
This is a short interview with the Nobel prize-winning economist Angus Deaton. His work is concerned with the factors that raise economic well-being and the extent to which these influences are...
Germ Theory and Behavioural Nudges for Better Health
This is a truly fabulous and brilliant article on health economics and changing social norms from Atul Gawande (a hat tip @DianeCoyle1859 for the link) - germ theory and behavioural economics.
What To Do With the UK? EU Perspectives on Brexit
A hat tip to Romesh Vaitilingam (follow him on Twitter @econromesh) for pointing us to a new book on prospects for the UK as Brexit negotiations loom on the near horizon.
Tim Harford: Why being messy is good
Tim Harford has a new book out on creativity - this is a short piece he has made for BBC Newsnight on the value of having a messy desk!
Artificial intelligence as a disruptive technology
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to generate concerns. The latest furore emerged at the start of this week. Researchers in the top ranked University College London...
Headwinds of Economic Growth
The economist Dambisa Moyo has spoken before at Tutor2u events and she really is an engaging presenter with accessible arguments for students interested in deepening their understanding of the...
Artificial Intelligence and the Future
This really is superb enrichment stuff for students and their teachers!
China in 2031 - A Look into the Future!
Here is a presentation in Prezi format from some of my Year 13 students who won an internal competition dissecting projections for the Chinese economy over the next fifteen years. I have also...
Top 10 Universities in the UK for Economics
One common question from students at this time of year is about recommendations for which university they should apply for. Students, of course, should think about many factors including proximity...
Who wins in a cashless society?
Essential listening I think for students taking financial economics as part of their A level and looking at the functions of money in a modern system. Linda Yueh presents a special programme via...
Economics of crime and punishment
Natalie Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes: don’t you just love her? One of the Black Lives Matter campaigners, our Nat caused chaos by occupying the runway at City airport, on the grounds that climate...
Understanding network externalities
Professor Sanjeev Goyal explains his general theory of network formation based on individual incentives, and their economic implications in this short video.
Bank, Camera, Action Competition from the Bank of England
The Bank of England has a brand new film competition 'Bank, Camera, Action'. Students are encouraged to make a short film about "A day in the life of the New Fiver" to coincide with the...
Reinhard Selten remembered
Reinhard Selten was a pioneer of the analysis of strategic interaction of both fully rational players (game theory) and boundedly rational humans (experimental economics). He died in August 2016...
Deepwater - The Shareholder Value Myth
Katie Allen writing here in the Guardian looks at the new Deepwater Horizon film and what the disaster tells us about the perils of poor standards of corporate governance, when shareholder gains...
Joseph Stiglitz - Can we make a globalization that works?
Another valuable entry in our series of resources from leading US economist Joseph Stiglitz.