Economics Weekly Quiz - 16 November 2018
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Monopsony power - should car washes be licenced?
This is an interesting article, because it counters the prevailing wisdom. For the most part, we talk about removing regulation - i.e. deregulation - to increase efficiency. However, in this case...
Should people be paid for donating blood?
If you want an ethical issue to discuss, then this might be it? Should we pay people for donating blood. This raises all sorts of concerns - there's clearly an opportunity cost for donors, but...
Infrastructure - Why is China so good at building railways?
Wendover Productions with another fantastic clip - this time looking at China's ability to build high-speed rail. China now has more high-speed rail links than the rest of the world put together,...
Why have so many pubs closed?
Back in the mists of time, an exam Data Response question looked at whether the government should intervene to protect Britain's pubs from closure. This is the perfect example of why such a policy...
Lessons of Quantitative Easing
This is a US centric video clip but carries some pertinent evaluation points about the impact of quantitative easing on the US economy a decade on from the launch of this "unconventional monetary...
Inside the Amazon Warehouse - Monopsony under Scrutiny
BBC Newsnight pays a visit to the huge Amazon logistics facility in Rugeley, Staffordshire to look at working conditions. Has it successfully replaced the jobs lost when the Staffordshire coal...
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.
Preparing for the next recession
The Economist speculates that whilst we're ten years away from the last recession, we shouldn't be complacent and we might be on the brink of another recession, perhaps triggered by emerging...
Economics Weekly Quiz - 19 October 2018
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Lessons on innovation from a 2018 Nobel Prize winner
Gordon Brown’s time as Chancellor will be remembered for many things. A sense of humour would be conspicuously absent from this list. But he provoked a great deal of mirth unintentionally in a...
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...