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Enrichment
“Ricardo, Ricardo, that wonderful guy” - innovation, job losses and living standards
Here is your starter for ten. What do the Uber app and David Ricardo have in common? Ricardo, I hear you ask. Scarcely known outside academic economics, he ranks equal with Adam Smith and Keynes...
Can Adam Smith Solve the Problem of Youth Unemployment in Europe?
Game Theory - How can a goalkeeper save a penalty?
A few hints from the Economist on how goalkeepers can increase the chances of saving a spot kick!
15 Lessons from Behavioural Economics
A highly visual presentation on many different aspects of behavioural economics. Excellent for students who want an introduction to a range of behavioural biases in the choices and decisions that...
An Economist walks into a bar
Robert Litan's talk explores the surprising role economists have played in the development of the internet economy -- and quite possibly your love life.
The Economics of Enough
Is economic growth always a good thing? Why are people in countries like the US and UK not happier or working fewer hours when GDP has tripled since 1950?
Why it's time for Doughnut Economics
Kate Raworth flips economic thinking on its head to give a crash course in alternative economics, explaining in three minutes what they'll never teach you in three years of a degree. Find out why...
Putting a face on poverty
Marcelo Giugale, an economist at the World Bank Global Practice on Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management illustrates how macroeconomists can influence policy to improve the lives of the poor - the...
Global Business - 2014 in Review
This article from BBC World Business is a superb overview on some of the key issues facing the European / Global economy during 2014. The interview with Martin Wolf is especially prescient as the...
Richard Koo - Japan and the Balance Sheet Recession
Philip Coggan from the Economist reviews a new book by Richard Koo, Chief Economist at Nomura Securities.
Public goods and economic development
The brilliant Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann makes the case in this Project Syndicate article for public goods being a key driver of productivity and competitiveness in developed and developing...
Argentina - a century of secular stagnation
Here is an example of secular stagnation on a very long run scale. Argentina is the only country in the world that was 'developed' in 1900 and 'developing' in 2000.
Demonstrating the MONIAC machine
Here is a wonderful 45 minute presentation on the MONIAC machine - a wonder created by Bill Phillips - of Phillips Curve fameWatch here: The Phillips Machine Demonstrated by Allan...
RES Annual Public Lecture 2013 Tim Harford
Tim Harford, Financial Times columnist, author and presenter of Radio 4's "More or Less" gives RES Public Lecture at Royal Institution on 28 November 2013
RES Annual Public Lecture 2014 Stephanie Flanders
UK economy after the crisis, inspiring RES lecture by former BBC Economics Editor, Stephanie Flanders on 25 Nov 2014
Clash of the Titans” economic forecasting competition
The Economic Research Council is about to launch their annual macroeconomic forecasting competition and they are keen for many more schools and colleges to get involved!
Foreign direct investment in Africa
Here is a link to a collaborative presentation put together by one of my Year 13 Economics groups on the issue of the impact of foreign direct investment in Africa. Click here:...
The Cross Rail Project
These are summary notes taken from a talk given by Andrew Wolstenholme the CEO of CrossRail to a meeting of my school's Geography Society on Monday 22nd September 2014
Coping with Uncertainty: the Red Hot Topic in Economics
How useful is economics? Nobel winner Al Roth
Nobel Laureate Alvin Roth (2012) gives his view on how useful economics is. For more on Roth's work in theories of market exchange in areas such as organ donation click the links below.