Labour Market Enforcement Tsar Starts Work
Professor David Metcalf is starting work as the new Labour Enforcement Tsar leading a campaign against abuses in the labour market including allegations made against transnational companies with...
Salaries, incentives and the principal agent problem
Following the disclosure of the salaries at the BBC, it has hardly seemed possible to open a newspaper or switch on the television without being bombarded by stories about pay.
Venezuela’s economic and political crisis in charts
The FT has produced a series of charts focusing on the economic and humanitarian crisis in the failed state of Venezuela.
Alphabet (Google) profits shrink after EU fine
How much impact can governments have on markets? Alphabet (the parent company of Google) have announced that their overall profits fell by 28% for the last quarter following a fine of $2.74bn...
Greece returns to the bond market
An encouraging sign for the Greek economy as for the first time in several years, Greece has returned to the international bond market seeking to swap government debt due in 2019 for a bond that...
Shrinkflation gets bigger!
Shrinkflation occurs when products get smaller without getting any cheaper . According to a new survey from the ONS, shrinkflation has been going on for years across thousands of products.
Is work too easy? A new analysis on obesity
Since I started teaching, I've always enjoyed delivering the market failure aspects of the course, particularly in the first year. This topic always allows for students to immediately link...
State Pension Age of 68 is Brought Forward
Faced with increasing longevity and the prospect of tens of billions of extra welfare spending in the years ahead, the British government has brought forward the date at which the state pension can...
How Markets Work - Classroom Posters to Stimulate Discussion
Here is a series of giant classroom posters designed to encourage Economics students to discussion the questions of how markets operate.
Gender Pay Gap at the BBC
Releasing the names of the BBC's best-paid employees tells us a lot about the TV labour market although the information did not include those working for independent production companies.
The dominant economic narrative in the UK is a pretty gloomy one just now. True, employment is at a record high. But, counter the whingers and whiners, zero hours contracts and low pay proliferate.
Pay for BBC top talent revealed - should this model be used more in our Labour Markets
If you haven't seen it already, have a look of the list of the BBCs top earners here which has been revealed today. When you have a scan through, there are few surprises and, on the basis I can't...
Which Economists do A Level students need to know about?
Which Economists do A Level students need to know about? The specifications discuss the need for students to use the theories of significant economists but aren't prescriptive about which.
Investment bonds - a learning resource for upcoming Yr 13 Economics students for their summer break!
Assuming that you've left much of the financial markets section of the A level Economics specification until year 2 of the course, here's a challenging online resource for next year's Year 13...
Index Funds - excellent introduction from Tim Harford
If you were lucky enough to see Tim Harford at our National Teachers Conference on 5th July you would have seen his presentation on the technological inventions that have shaped the modern world....
More Growth for A Level Economics But is AS on the Way Out?
The latest exam entry data from Ofqual suggests continued growth in the popularity of A Level Economics. However, AS Economics is rapidly being abandoned by centres and it's hard to imagine it...
Austerity fatigue sets in
Ed Conway from Sky asks "how do you solve a problem like austerity?"
Travel Tax plan to fund better roads in the UK
Should vehicle excise duty and fuel duty be replaced by a distance-travelled tax on motorists - paid in proportion to the distance people drive each year?
Tales from the New Silk Road
The One Belt One Road initiative is shaping up to be one of the defining trade and investment strategies of the age.
Lessons from the China Shock
An interview here with Professor David Autor (MIT) on the economic and political consequences of China’s rise for the United States.