Alan Turing celebrated on the new £50 note
Code breaker Alan Turing has been celebrated as the new face on the new £50 note. This is marvellous news, a recognition of the incredible work that Turing and others did at Bletchley Park. He was...
Economics Weekly Quiz - 12 July 2019
Here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck!
Basic Income and Universal Basic Services - free access to a live debate on possible policies for the UK's social security system
The team at Promoting Economic Pluralism are hosting an event in London next week debating the relative merits of Basic Income and Universal Basic Services. It looks potentially useful for teaching...
If you are looking for a quick quiz on international quiz and want to cash in on the biggest show on earth at the moment then try this multi-choice quiz entitled 'Strangest Things'.
Economics Weekly Quiz - 5 July 2019
Here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck!
Economics Teacher Survey 2019
Win £200 of tutor2u Economics resources for your school or college by adding your opinions to the 2019 Economics Teacher Survey.
Distracted Goalkeeper (Uber Media Campaign)
A great example of how to think in different ways to get people to consider the social costs of using a mobile phone when driving.
The Tampon Book : A Book against Tax Discrimination
Thinking counter-intuitively - this ingenious advertising campaign by-passed a German law which taxed tampons at 17 percent and prompted fresh political pressure to reform.
Sweden leads the 2019 EU Innovation Rankings
The bulk of economic growth in advanced countries comes from generating, testing, introducing and applying commercially ideas at the cutting edge. Here is an interesting ranking on the supply-side...
Scottish alcohol sales drop after minimum price intervention
New data finds that there has been a 3% decrease in alcohol consumption such that Scottish alcohol sales are at their lowest in 25 years. Is this - in part - the result of the introduction of a...
Progress in reducing open defecation
Achieving universal access to basic sanitation is one of the critical Sustainable Development Goals. A new report from the UN finds that nearly 700 million people globally are denied toilet...
Demographics: Tracking declining working age populations
Working age populations are in decline among several member countries of the OECD. The infographic below highlights the steepness of the decline for Japan and Italy in particular.
LSE Economics Society Essay Competition 2019
Here are details of the 2019 LSE Economics Society essay competition for A Level students. The closing date for entries is the 1st of August.
Ken Loach's new film "Sorry we Missed You" is s searing follow-up to the much-acclaimed "I Daniel Blake" and focuses on the lives and work of families in the Gig Economy in the North East of...
BBC Newsnight has produced three special videos to mark the 40th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher becoming Prime Minister. Is the UK economy on the verge of another historic sea-change moment?
An oil price spike could accelerate decarbonisation
The tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman have raised fears of a sharp increase in the price of oil. These are currently being offset by worries about a slowdown in the world economy and a drop in the...
The Adidas factory making shoes out of plastic bottles
Plastic waste is clearly a major issue, but this BBC video clip highlights an Indian factory that is making shoes and clothes out of polyester reclaimed from plastic bottles.
The price of plenty - how beef changed America
Economic gold - and a great way to pass half an hour. The Guardian's audio long read about the impact of the beef industry on the US, and how it's changed is one for the cognoscenti but it's a...
Is it time to end our fixation with GDP and growth?
Richard Partington's briefing article on GDP and economic growth in the Guardian is a great read and terrific enrichment for students wanting to understand more about the debate over measuring...
De-constructing the Laffer Curve and Trickle-down Economics
Here is a great opinion piece from Morris Pearl in the Guardian on trickle-down economics, echoing J.K.Galbraith's view that the very notion is flawed. His analogy was that trickle-down economics...