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The French competition authorities have fined Google 220 million Euros for abusing their market position in the market for online advertising.
A story about labour markets, with macroeconomic implications.
Reforestation and China's Great Green Wall
This video looks at China's attempts to build a Great Green Wall to help stop the desertification of the Gobi Desert, and sandstorms hitting Beijing.
China's Accelerating Bid for Chip Supremacy
This Bloomberg clip looks at the market for semiconductors, and how the Chinese government has taken an active role in trying to become self-reliant in their manufacture.
Demographics - China switches to a 3-child policy
Important news that China is looking to encourage couples to have more children, with a relaxation of the current two-child policy in favour of a three-child policy.
So why have Amazon taken over MGM Studios? This article looks at the motivation behind the vertical backwards integration that has taken place.
Britain's pattern of trade has seen a massive change with China replacing Germany as the UK's largest import market.
EU vows to stem drastic loss of small farms
The Guardian highlights here that the number of farms in Europe has seen a significant decline amid the growth of so-called factory farms.
There's a degree of controversy surrounding the plans of a North Yorkshire power station to retrofit carbon capture technology.
This is a brilliant example of why government intervention in the form of subsidies often fails, even if well-intentioned.
The IMF believes that support for a global mass vaccination programme will generate significantly more benefits than costs - even with a $50bn price tag.
Here is a terrific example of factors that can cause an inward shift in short run aggregate supply (SRAS) for the British economy.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 21 May 2021
UK farmers have raised concerns about a trade deal with which country? The CMA has green-lighted the merger between which two media giants? What kind of spending did Oxfam describe as 'obscene'?...
The IMF is clearing Sudan's $50bn arrears to the institution, and in doing so, hopefully improving Sudan's economic problems.
Unified state control on track for the UK rail industry
A review has concluded that the UK rail network needs not full re-nationalisation, but something akin to that - with unified state control of timetables and pricing, as well as control of the...
Is there no limit to our ingenuity? In this case a sticker on fruit slows the ripening process, extending life of fruit by mimicking naturally-occurring chemicals.
China's population grows at slowest pace in decades
China's population grew at its slowest pace in decades, according to government data.
Bitcoin's Carbon Footprint Under Scrutiny
This clip looks at the adverse environmental consequences of cryptocurrencies because of the carbon footprint generated by Bitcoin mining.
Is double digit inflation a relic of the past?
Larry Elliott reflects here upon the threat of inflation, arguing that hawks forecasting uncontrollable, double-digit inflation seem not to have moved with the times.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 14 May 2021
Test your knowledge of the week's economic-related stories with the new Economics Weekly Quiz!