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Austerity fatigue sets in
Ed Conway from Sky asks "how do you solve a problem like austerity?"
Travel Tax plan to fund better roads in the UK
Should vehicle excise duty and fuel duty be replaced by a distance-travelled tax on motorists - paid in proportion to the distance people drive each year?
Tales from the New Silk Road
The One Belt One Road initiative is shaping up to be one of the defining trade and investment strategies of the age.
China's Forest City
A short video on the development of China's planned first forest city
Non-Tariff Barriers - China Toughens Dairy Regulations
Here is a good example of non-tariff barriers in action.
Changing Prices of Everyday Goods and Services
What has happened to the prices of everyday goods and services over the last 11 years?
Challenges facing NHS funding
Since 2010 real-terms health spending in the UK has increased by an average of 1.4% a year, well below the average annual growth rate of 4% over the past 60 years. The NHS faces a huge number of...
The World in Economic Transition
Here is a clear infographic showing the changing balance of world GDP between different groups of countries.
Universal Credit faces testing times
The roll-out of universal credit has been long-delayed and much criticised. This blog from the House of Commons Library blog provides some useful contextual evidence on the issues surrounding...
Structural weaknesses continue to haunt UK economy
According to Larry Elliot writing in the Observer, the British economy needs to take a long hard look at itself and consider again how best to tackle a raft of structural weaknesses.
Japan's Trade Agreement with the EU
The European Union has agreed a landmark trade deal with Japan. We have collected some study resources on this trade agreement and some of the likely effects. The agreement aims to eliminate 99% of...
Ten Years on from the last UK Interest Rate Rise
It is now a decade since the Bank of England last raised their policy interest rate but a decade on from that decision, the UK and global economy is in a very different place. According to Chris...
Labour mobility limits tax raising powers
The income tax system in the UK is highly progressive. Not many people know that, to use a catch phrase attributed, rightly or wrongly, to the great actor Michael Caine.
Unintended Consequences in Development Economics
This short video from the BBC gives a great opportunity to explore the microeconomic and macroeconomic consequences of government intervention to reduce the negative externalities caused by tobacco...
Ethiopia bids to become the last development frontier
Here is a really important big read from the Financial Times - I would suggest it is essential enrichment reading for students of A level development economics.
10 Years on from the Smoking Ban
A decade ago a law came into force in England that made it illegal to smoke in enclosed public places. What impact has the regulation had on levels of smoking and on a host of businesses affected...
Is surge pricing heading to UK supermarkets?
Could "surge pricing" be coming to a supermarket, petrol station or coffee shop near you?
India launches Goods and Services Tax
This is an important but incredibly complex tax reform for the Indian economy. The main aim is to achieve more consistency for indirect taxes across the disparate Indian economy and in doing so, to...
What's behind low productivity and flatlining pay?
Newsnight interviews Andy Haldane, Chief Economist of the Bank of England on the contributory causes of the flat-lining of pay over the last ten years. Why has productivity stalled? Haldane argues...
Record fine for Google in anti-trust case
Google has been fined 2.42bn euros (£2.1bn) by the EU Competition Commission after it ruled the company had abused its market power by promoting its own shopping comparison service at the top of...