Alcohol - how vested interests shape policy-making
An insight here into how vested interests shape policymaking. Academics from the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) and the University of Sheffield Alcohol Research Group are arguing that if all...
Tourist Overload and Rational Choice Theory
I am in Edinburgh for a few days at the Festival, where even Jeremy Corbyn has appeared. Disappointingly, he was not playing the role of Carmela Soprano, the mafia don’s wife who is always present...
Pre-University Tasters at Warwick in London (Economics)
If you are intellectually curious, keen to make new friends, have a thirst for knowledge and wish to test-drive university learning in the heart of London’s cutting edge Knowledge Quarter, then...
What is the most convenient way to provide the public loo?
This article from the BBC on the provision of public toilets struck me as an interesting talking point for students of economics (okay, you may not agree!).
Recommended Reading for A Level Economists
A number of new books make it into my personal selection of enrichment and extension reading for A Level Economists.
Women who changed the world in business and economics
The BBC's History Extra Channel has published a listing of one hundred women cited for their notable contributions to the worlds of science, politics and much else besides. Linda Yueh was asked to...
How tariffs could shake-up the US car industry
The Wall Street Journal explores some of the possible effects of the tariffs on cars coming into the US and argues that lessons from the oil shocks of the 1970s and 1980s provide some important...
Should We Nationalise the Water Industry?
A timely and pertinent discussion on the future for the water industry. Faiza Shaheen and Robert Colvile discuss on BBC Newsnight whether water companies should remain privatised or become...
How effective is aid in promoting economic growth and targeting extreme poverty reduction?
Transport Gaps and Barriers to Finding Work
A new and important report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds that people in low-income neighbourhoods are willing to travel to work but find commuting options constrained by unaffordable or...
Poverty’s Impact on Well-being
A recent (BBC) Panorama programme focused on the chasm in years of healthy life expectancy within regions of the UK. It makes for difficult viewing but raises really important issues for public...
Here is the first of a series of four new economics podcasts from the BBC. Economics with Subtitles is your everyday guide to economics and why you should care. Click here.
Learning Macroeconomics On A Roller Coaster
In the company of Paul Krugman, Stephen Colbert asks some searching macroeconomic questions!
Amazon tax avoidance debate surfaces yet again
The issue of the amount of tax that Amazon pays is a vexed one. Profits have risen in the UK, but Amazon UK are paying less tax to the Treasury - how can this happen?
Economics teachers in the UK are invited to apply to join the Teacher Judging Panel for the RES Economics Essay Competition 2018. Judging will take place on Monday 3rd of September at the Holiday...
Yorkshire Day - the economy of the County of Yorkshire
Here's a bit of fun to celebrate Yorkshire Day on the 1st of August. Today is the day that the nation celebrates all things wonderful about the county of Yorkshire.
Long Read: Travelling along Highway BR-163
Travelling along highway BR-163, this is a remarkable story of powerful agro-food multinationals, the battle against illegal deforestation and mining, communities attempting to build resilience and...
Trade Wars: 250 Years of Economic Theory About Tariffs
In this piece for the Harvard Business Review, Linda Yueh argues that "the greatest economists in history would be wary of imposing import taxes to address a trade imbalance."
Long Read: Do companies have too much monopoly power?
A new paper from Princeton economist Jan De Loecker finds that the mark ups (profit margins) of the world's largest global companies has been increasing raising fresh concerns about the impact on...
Economic Benefits from Regulation
Many students are taught and/or implicitly assume that deregulation is a supply-side policy designed to unleash innovation, drive market entry and stimulate growth. In this piece for Project...