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The Economics of Pricing for the Champion's League Final
The appearance of Liverpool and Spurs in the Champions League final and Arsenal and Chelsea in the Europa Cup one has generated massive interest. But the official ticket prices for the games are...
Economics Weekly Quiz - 10 May 2019
Here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck! PS. Best of luck with upcoming exams!
More competition concerns for Apple, with the EU looking set to investigate Spotify's complaint that Apple's dominance of App Store means that it looks to push Apple music services to the detriment...
The Scots lead the way - this time, the Scottish government is looking to introduce a bottle return scheme for plastic drinks containers, cans and glass. As yet, the proposal is that when consumers...
The Observer highlights an interesting story - it's believed to be the case that the Chancellor is contemplating a significant rise in the national minimum wage, to the highest level in the...
Are zombie firms a drag on the UK economy?
KPMG have come up with an interesting assessment of the UK economy. Were it not for low interest rates, they argue that as many as one in seven UK firms would have gone out of business.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 3 May 2019
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Green gas now supplied into more than one million UK homes
More good news here in the energy market - the amount of 'green' gas being used in the UK has increased to the extent that 1m homes are now using it for heating and cooking.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 26 April 2019
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Micro credit versus direct subsidies in improving health care in developing countries
Low-income countries face major disease burdens from preventable and treatable communicable diseases. A persistent puzzle is the low uptake of highly effective preventive health products, such as...
YouTube super-stars and controlling the band-wagon effect
The stars of social media such as YouTube have to strike a careful balance to maintain and boost their popularity: uploading enough new material for ‘attention-volatile’ consumers, while not...
Economics Weekly Quiz - 5 April 2019
Here's this week's economics news quiz, including the new 'classroom mode' for teachers using the activity in class.
Here is a classic and topical example of the unintended consequences of regulatory intervention. The reduction in the stake for fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) has seen the bookmakers respond,...
Debt crisis warning for poorest countries
The Jubilee Debt Campaign are worried about rising levels of government debt that combined with falling commodity prices and rising US interest rates have increased the poorest countries' debt...
The New Economic Foundation's Aidan Harper argues here that we should be looking at the possibility of introducing a four-day working week, not just for its mental health benefits, but for its...
Economics Weekly Quiz - 29 March 2019
Here's this week's economics news quiz, including the new 'classroom mode' for teachers using the activity in class.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 22 March 2019
Here's this week's economics news quiz, including the new 'classroom mode' for teachers using the activity in class.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 15 March 2019
Here's this week's economics news quiz. From this week on, we've included a 'Classroom mode'. Now teachers can show all 10 questions in a classroom environment before revealing the answers. Be sure...
Distributional effects of the Right to Buy Scheme
The Right to Buy Scheme was introduced by Mrs.Thatcher in 1980 and was designed to get council house tenants on the housing ladder. I should know: my grandparents bought their house this way.
Hammond's Spring Statement 2019 - a summary on Powerpoint
For anyone wishing to have an in-class discussion or analysis of today's Spring Statement delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, here is a Powerpoint summary of the key points. The information is...