Welcome to Business Economics Quiz (2018)
Here are some general knowledge / business and economics questions - many related to the news flow during the summer months.
The Economics Balloon Debate - a starter activity for an introductory Economics class
Here's a starter activity that could be used as an introduction to Economics at either A level or GCSE over the coming days. The activity is called 'The Economics Balloon Debate' and asks students...
Government floats ban on energy drinks for under-18s
If this change in law comes about, it will mark a potentially hugely significant intervention by the UK government. They are consulting about introducing a ban on under-18 buying drinks containing...
Exodus from Venezuela and the economics of revealed preference
How many people in the history of the world have fled from a capitalist country to a socialist one?
The derived demand for pilots
The demand for pilots is derived from the demand for air travel as this article makes clear. Boeing says Asia needs 240,000 pilots over next two decade including nearly a quarter of a million in...
Online shopping and warehouse space - derived demand in action!
A good example here of a derived demand, and an illustration of the changing nature of our shopping habits. Are retail warehouse clusters becoming (effectively) the new High Street?
Live Nation increases market domination of the festival sector
Here is a fascinating example of a firm developing increasing market dominance, with the market share of the vertically-integrated Live Nation in the market for music festivals causing concern...
The Joy of Winning - Game Theory in Action
Game theorists will surely love this programme on BBC Four in which Dr Hannah Fry hails the 20th-century scientists like John von Neumann and John Nash who worked out the science of success and...
Do consumers benefit from the sports rights battle?
How contestable is the market for broadcasting sports rights?
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...