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Economics Weekly Quiz - 9 November 2018
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Optimum “health tax” for meat calculated
There has been lots of interest in this new research from Oxford University which makes the claim that a health tax on red and processed meat could prevent more than 220,000 deaths and save over...
Britain's 'unhealthiest' High Street revealed
The Royal Society for Public Health has released a fascinating report on Britain's High Streets, naming Grimsby as the unhealthiest and Edinburgh as the healthiest.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 2 November 2018
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Economics Weekly Quiz - 26 October 2018
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Technology has improved living standards by more than we think
The media seems full of gloom at the moment. Chaos over Brexit, Saudi Arabia, potential nuclear escalation between America and Russia, you name it, it is there.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 19 October 2018
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Fracking returns to the UK
It's been a long time since fracking's been in the news, so a new generation of post-16 economists might only have a brief acquaintance with it.
Out of the frying pan and into the ship
This story reveals the power of technology: new restrictions on sulphur dioxide emissions have forced global shipping to look for solutions to make their fuel less polluting. The solution? A...
Royal Economic Society Essay Competition 2018 - Winners Announced
The winners of the Royal Economic Society (RES) Essay Competition for 2018 have just been announced.
World Bank launches new human capital index
The World Bank has launched a new developmental index designed to measure the extent to which economies invest in health and education, so as to make the most of their human capital. It is hoped...
Economics Weekly Quiz - 12 October 2018
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Amazon increases their US minimum wage to $15 an hour
Amazon is one of the largest employers in the USA and the big news this week is that the company is raising pay for its workers domestically and in the UK. US-based workers will get a new minimum...
The fundamental economic problem: scarcity and choice, via an interesting example. In instance, South Africa's drought and subsequent water shortage forced one laundry entrepreneur to seek an...
An interesting opinion piece in today's Guardian arguing that there should be a far higher global carbon price to avoid apocalyptic rises in temperature.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 5 October 2018
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Economics Weekly Quiz - 28 September 2018
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Competitiveness - India as a smartphone powerhouse
This BBC clip looks at how the city of Noida, close to New Delhi, has seen 25 brands of smartphone located there. 30% of the world's smartphones are manufactured there. Why? In the first place,...
Why Vanilla Is So Expensive
The price of vanilla is soaring and it provides a superb mini case study in the impact of changes in the conditions of supply and demand. A recent article by David Pilling in the FT made the point...
Economics Weekly Quiz - 21 September 2018
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