UAE introduces VAT
Tax reform in the United Arab Emirates as VAT of 5% on most goods and services has been introduced from the 1st of January 2018.
Plastic Planet - An Economic and Human Crisis
This blog brings together articles, videos and other resources on perhaps one of the most pressing environmental crisis of modern times, namely the staggering growth of plastic pollution and the...
Are we asking the wrong questions about inequality?
A Nobel Prize-winning economist thinks we’re asking all the wrong questions about inequality. A great read from Professor Angus Deaton of Princeton.
Katine - Nurturing Change in Rural Africa
Co-operatives, incremental improvements to the capital stock, the potential of micro-finance, attempts to build resilience to shocks - there is a lot of development economics in this article.
Smart Cities and Sustainable Development in Africa
This video looks at the possibilities of countries in Sub Saharan Africa upgrading their infrastructure by using Green Building Councils to help promote smart cities, better able to make the most...
Pay-per-mile scheme considered for non-British lorries
A pay per mile scheme is being considered for non-British lorries using UK roads according to news reports.
Driverless Cars - A Road to Nowhere?
The transport economist Christian Wolmar has a new book out from the London Publishing Partnership exploring the hype and the reality of the rise of autonomous vehicles.
Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia - Evaluating the impact of FDI
The Guardian visits Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia and provides a fantastic mini case study for students taking development economics as part of their A-level.
Using tutor2u Economics Collections for Revision
This video shows how you can use the Collections area of the tutor2u economics channel to help focus your revision on particular topics.
In Conversation: Robert Reich and Joseph Stiglitz
The former Labour Secretary Robert Reich has a conversation with Professor Joe Stiglitz about the rules of the game for the global economy.
Carbon: From Pollutant to Product
The cement industry generates around nine percent of the world's carbon emissions each year. Roughly one tonne of CO2 is produced for each tonne of cement.
Robots will transform fast food
This long read from the Atlantic is good on some of the benefits and costs of introducing digitisation and robotics into the fast food industry. Robots are getting better at cooking burgers and...
The Best 15 Economics Research Papers of 2017
A sublime selection of some fascinating economics research papers published during 2017. The chosen studies capture many key concerns of 2017, with subjects ranging from opioids to gender...
Negative externalities: The growing mountain of electronic waste
A new report from the United Nations highlights the enormous environmental impact of the fast-growing mountain of discarded electronic waste - a negative externality from consumption.
Regulators ask estate agents to tell the truth
Many of us will be shocked to learn that regulators believe that some estate agents are 'stretching the facts'. The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) writes the rules which regulate...
China's carbon trading scheme set to accelerate demise of coal
China has introduced a carbon trading scheme, and as a result, it seems that coal-fired power generation is going to be phased out. This is likely to create a national market for carbon and an...
Vietnam Makes Big Strides in Education
A clip that highlights the importance of human capital to economic development, this time in Vietnam. Improvements in education are essential to lift potential and actual growth, raise productivity...
IMF downgrades UK growth forecast
The IMF has published a sober assessment of the near-term prospects for the UK economy despite global economic conditions continuing to strengthen.
Sky and BT sign content sharing deal
This isn't a merger between BT and Sky, instead it is a sharing option that reduces competition between the two and might reduce the cost of bidding for sports events in the future. The other...
RIP Calestous Juma
Africa’s leading innovation scholar and Harvard professor, Calestous Juma, has sadly passed away. His work has been hugely influential in shaping policies towards innovation as a driver of economic...