Category
Enrichment
The trolley problem and ethics of driverless cars
A superb five minute video from David Grossman that aired on BBC Newsnight about some of the ethical issues connected to the rise of autonomous vehicles (or driverless cars). He recreates the...
Beyond the Bike - a journey to the heart of the EU from London
This week Stuart and Claire cycled through France and Belgium and into the Netherlands. This is Stuart's blog post exploring whether Britain should stay in or leave the EU. You can see the original...
What books would you recommend to your economics students?
I posed this question on twitter a couple of days ago and lots of teachers and graduating students got in touch with their suggestions. Here is a flavour of them. I'll happily add to the list if...
Autumn 2015 Lectures in Economics
Here is my pick of free-to-attend autumn lectures in Economics - offering superb enrichment opportunities for ambitious and curious students and CPD for passionate teachers. I will add to the list...
250 Years of Capitalism - Positives outweigh the Negatives
Economics is often described as the dismal science, but it often contains cheerful material. A paper by the leading American economic historian Joel Mokyr made for exuberant holiday reading....
The Invisible Hand - BBC's A History Of Ideas
Adam Smith used the metaphor of an ‘invisible hand’ to describe how individuals making self-interested decisions can collectively and unwittingly engineer an effective economic system that is in...
Game Theory and the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final
Just starting game theory with my A2 students and economists hold in high regard the penalty kick as a real-life example. Technically the kicker and the goalkeeper play a zero-sum game – any gain...
Inflation and Interest Rates - Why 2015 is not 1975
In this background article from the Guardian, Larry Elliott draws parallels between the macroeconomic situation in the mid-1970s and today - but also points out the differences too.
Economic theory and the death of a lion
Alas, poor Cecil! Close personal friend of mine, sadly dead now. The catch phrases of the Scottish comedian Bob Doolally capture the outpourings of grief amongst the Twitterati at the death of the...
Barry Schwartz: The Paradox of Choice
In this classic TED talk from 2007, psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more...
Has Africa Outgrown Development Aid?
BBC Africa ran a debate on aid assistance to Africa broadcast from the British Library. Ideal enrichment for A2 macro.
RES Public Lecture 2015 - Starbucks and Tax
Tuesday 24th November is the date fixed for the 2015 Annual Public Lecture which will be given by Professor Rachel Griffith at the Royal Institution in London.
New book on UK economy from David Smith
David Smith, the Economics correspondent of the Sunday Times is a frequent and much valued speaker at many of the Tutor2u events. At this fascinating time for the British, European and Global...
Joseph Stiglitz on Inequality (June 2015)
This is an 18 minute interview from the Institute for New Economic Thinking with the leading US economist and Nobel winner Professor Joe Stiglitz.
Economics - Science or Art?
What exactly is economics? Science or art? An explanation of our society based on observable, demonstrable law or is it an attempt to systematise the unknowable - the mysteries of the human mind?
Collier and Rodrik on Understanding Development
Here is a podcast of a discussion between two eminent professors of economic development - Paul Collier and Dani Rodrik.
Nudging to Achieve Behavioural Change
Behavioural economics seeks to develop an understanding of how people think their decisions can be influenced through 'nudges'. There are many different types of nudge and this Storify will seek to...
Information, Networks and Economic Growth - Cesar Hidalgo
It was a delight to hear Cesar Hidalgo speak at the Oxford Martin School yesterday as he launches his new book Why Information Grows. Below are some notes that I took at the meeting and also a...
Connected Economists - Invitation to Write!
Connected Economists is a new economics magazine, written by students for students. The editors, all current A-Level students from schools across the UK, have created this free magazine for the...
Game Theory - Putting Yourself in Another's Shoes
This article published in the Independent (June 2015) is a really excellent primer on aspects of cooperative and non-cooperative game theory reflecting on the contributions made by the late John...