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Enrichment
IPencil and the Rise of Activist Laizzez-Faire
The parable of I-Pencil and the rise of activist laissez-faire - superb stuff for ambitious students! Courtesy of the excellent Evanomics blog
Could Ernie replace Andy? The Bank’s take on automation
The Chief Economist of the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, has been in the news with his predictions that up to 15 million jobs in the UK are at risk of being lost to automation. This is a huge...
The Future of China's Economy
This is an absolute gem! It is the recording of a live lecture on China given at the Oxford Martin School on Wednesday 11th November 2015. I thoroughly recommend that all A2 economics students...
In Conversation with Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, at Harvard University. He is the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics and an honorary...
Groucho Marx and Property Bubbles
The commercial property market in London has been booming for several years. The Bank of England is concerned about yet another property bubble building up. The executive director for financial...
Go Ahead Punk IPA - Make my Day!
Brewdog is one of those case studies in small business growth that offers so many rich contextual examples for students - their distinctive approach to craft brewing, novel fund raising, move...
Does Starbucks Pay Enough Tax?
The Royal Economic Society’s 2015 Annual Public Lecture will be delivered by Professor RACHEL GRIFFITH - on 24 November in London and 5 December in Manchester. The London lecture will also be...
Financial Markets: School Webinar by the Bank of England and tutor2u
We are delighted to be partnering with the Bank of England to deliver a series of free webinars for A Level Economics students and teachers.
The thinking behind feminist economics
Whilst there are certainly now more female economists than in the past, economics remains a discipline that seems dominated by men.
Beyond the Bike: photo of the week
A major factor in boosting economic development is spending on infrastructure - everything from transport, to utilities, to communications, to finance. This week's picture was taken on board the MV...
Has Britain coped better than in previous recessions?
This Larry Elliott piece in The Guardian gives a remarkably measured view of the recession that we've just emerged from, and effectively concludes that if you laid all the economists in the world...
China should avoid an economic meltdown
Anatole Kaletsky with a more optimistic view of the way forward for China - arguing that the government seems to have regained a grip of the economy.
Angus Deaton - The Skeptical Optimist
This is one of those articles that I would like all of my student economists to read! John Cassidy always writes beautifully and a search through his archive will also unearth some more gems.
Taking Europe's Pulse
This week's Economist digital edition has an insightful interactive graphic which allows you to "take Europe's pulse", and compare, at a glance, some key macroeconomic indicators including youth...
In the long run has globalisation made everyone better off?
Ed Huang considers this question in a superb A2 macroeconomics essay.
Unsustainable growth degrades Asia's land
This is a superb photo blog from the Asian Development Bank that will provide a rich source of images when teaching sustainability issues and limits to growth and development for emerging...
In this excellent essay, Trenton Bricken explores some of the likely impact of a slowdown in the Chinese economy.
Disruptive technologies - 12 of the best
This article rocks and I heartily recommend that students interested in the broader concept of creative destruction take time out to have a read. From autonomous vehicles to cloud computing and...
Africa - Why Economists Get It Wrong
This is a video of a panel discussion held at the UK ODI on a paper on Africa - Why Economists Get It Wrong.
Economists Are Finally Reconnecting With The Real World
This article actually dates from early in 2015 but having discovered and read it I will be directing my ambitious Economists to it because it raises some interesting areas of applied policy...