Russia to build a nuclear power plant in Nigeria
We normally view China as the major investor in African infrastructure, but in this case it's the Russians who are investing in nuclear power in Nigeria.
Are ticket touts economically efficient?
Is ticket touting evidence of the market allocating resources efficiently, or, is it a market failure?
How will we deal with all of the world’s rubbish?
This photo went viral this week - shocking images of a blanket of plastic waste engulfing large sections of the sea near an idyllic Caribbean island.
Government regulates stakes on fixed-odds machines
Dubbed the 'crack cocaine' of gambling, the government is to limit the maximum stake on controversial fixed odds betting machines.
The Climate Change Experiment
This is a fantastic, detailed and slightly startling clip.
How the magic money tree works
This is essential background reading for ALL students taking a unit in basic financial economics!
Premium demand lifts whisky sales
Good news for Scottish whisky manufacturers with a rise in the value of sales, despite a fall in the number of bottles sold.
Normalising interest rates
This autumn, the Bank of England is expected to start raising policy interest rates from an ultra-low level of 0.25%.
A History of UK Recessions
Each recession differs in length, depth and the time it takes for output to recover its pre-recession peak
Have you bought your last car?
In the week that Singapore announced it will cease issuing car ownership permits in February 2018, here is a provocative John Harris piece that comes up with a fascinating hypothesis. Owning a car...
Privatisation versus Nationalisation
Here is a timely and excellent Tim Harford piece on the debate on, and vacillations between, nationalisation and privatisation. Great especially for the EdExcel economics specification.
Hotel booking sites to be investigated
Hotel booking sites are well versed in using behavioural nudges to get people to make a reservation.
Economics News Quiz - 27 October 2017
Here's this weeks quiz on the world of Economics. Good luck!
Has capitalism become too gentle?
Is capitalism broken? The Financial Times argues the opposite - with Jonathan Guthrie and Dan McCrum claiming that the version we've currently got is too tame and that we should have allowed a...
Consumers are paying too much for energy
With impeccable timing, Professor Dieter Helm arguing that we're paying too much for our energy, among other things. I'm currently reading Dieter's "Burn Out - the Endgame for Fossil Fuels" and...
Building state capability - the next big development challenge
This article from the World Bank looks ideal for students of development economics.
Changing Economics of Urban Farming
The FT visits a cluster of urban farmers in London whose ingenuity, vision and drive might well be at the cutting edge of a farming revolution. City agriculturalists are harnessing technologies...
Croissants in crisis
French supermarkets have experienced a mini-shortage in butter due to the soaring popularity of the dairy product and pastries abroad.
Airbnb's impact on UK housing market
BBC Newsnight analyses the impact of short-term letting apps such as Airbnb. The impact stretches well beyond London to cities such as Manchester and Edinburgh.
Deutsche fined again over LIBOR rigging
The rigging of interest rates is a cause of financial market failure. Deutsche Bank has been fined again over their involvement in the LIBOR scandal.