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Enrichment
A-Z of Disruptive Businesses
Here is a snapshot of businesses that have challenged the existing / established business models in their chosen markets / segments. I am sure we can add to the list and also debate the extent to...
John Nash celebrated on More or Less
Tim Harford's More or Less programme on Radio 4 celebrates the work of John Nash in this short audio pod cast
Mini Lecture - The Global Financial Crisis
Released in February 2015, this short 8 minute film addresses causes and possible solutions of the global financial crisis that hit the world in 2007 with lecture snippets of Robert Mundell and...
How Nash Equilibrium Changed Economics
In this short 3 minute video from the Financial Times, Ferdinando Giugliano explains why the work of John Forbes Nash - who died in May 2015 - is so important and how the Nash equilibrium theory...
Markets are good, but we need clear signals
Perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of the general election result is the abuse which is now being heaped on the metropolitan liberal elite from many quarters. Theirs is truly a difficult mind set to...
Stiglitz on Falling Living Standards in the UK
This interview with Joseph Stiglitz in the Guardian is largely about the United States but there is also an important section on the UK in which Stiglotz highlights the steep decline in real living...
Joseph Stiglitz on The Great Divide
This is a video of a talk given in May 2015 by Professor Joseph Stiglitz.
Development Economics - Mind, Matter and Behaviour
The World Bank has become increasingly interested in behavioural economics as part of their evolving policy agenda for development strategies. Varun Gauri is senior economist at the World Bank and...
Year 12 Economics in the Citi Day - 1 July 2015
Here is another great enrichment opportunity for Y12 Economists heading into Y13, especially those looking to take the subject to university or considering a career in finance. I
Inequality - What To Do About It?
Inequality has been on the rise since the 1970s - Tony Atkinson and Sabine Alkire ask what can be done about it?
Efficiency matters! It can make the economy better off. Understanding efficiency in manufacturing and retail markets can help guide policy, according to prize-winning research by Daniel Muller and...
Why you shouldn't copy your classmates!
Students beware: if you rely too much on your classmates, you all suffer. That is the central message of a new five-minute film about prizewinning research, which looks at the behaviour of...
Policy Analysis of Key 2015 Election Issues
The LSE has produced this detailed analysis of some of the key economic issues in the 2015 General Election. Might be worth downloading for extension and enrichment reading for ambitious students.
Marshall Society Economics Essay Competition 2015
The Marshall Society, the University of Cambridge's economics society has announced details of their 2015 essay competition which is open to all students studying for A Levels, the IB, or any...
Paul Ormerod: Capitalism is both stable and resilient
The financial crisis did succeed in creating at least one dynamic new industry. Since the late 2000s, there has been a massive upsurge in op-ed pieces, books and even artistic performances offering...
Writing a path back to target - Carney on Inflation
The Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney gives a speech on the importance of low positive inflation for the competitiveness of the UK economy. Ignore the first ten minutes of this video -...
Global economy: Secular stagnation debate continues apace!
I heartily recommend this article from Duncan Weldon, BBC Newsnight's Economics correspondent on the continuing debate over whether advanced countries risk becoming gripped in a period of secular...
Building the Entrepreneurial State
A brilliant new paper from economist Mariana Mazzucato explores a mission-based approach to building the entrepreneurial state.
LSE Summer Lectures
The summer 2015 programme for public lectures at the LSE has been launched.
Sir Partha Dasgupta - Wealth and Well-Being
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, the Cambridge Professor and renowned development economist, speaks to the Warwick Economics Summit 2015 with a speech entitled "Wealth and Well-Being"