Does Economics Still Work?
A BBC World Service programme asks whether is economics still a useful way to make sense of and predict events? Features Professor Wendy Carlin from UCL who has been at the forefront of reforms to...
Welcome to Communicating Economics
Great to see Bob Denham and Romesh Vaitilingam launching their new project Communicating Economics. Here is an introductory video and you also can follow them on Twitter @econcomms
We've selected what we think are 10 absolutely essential topic revision videos to watch as part of your final preparation for an AS Economics exam paper on microeconomics.
RES Essay Competition for 2017
Any school students studying UK GCSE, A level, SQC Intermediate 2/Highers or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses are invited to write a unique essay of between 1,000 to 2,500 words, on a...
Marshall Society Economics Essay Competition 2017
Here are details of the 2017 Economics Essay Competition being run by the Marshall Society at Cambridge University.
RIP William Baumol
We are saddened to learn of the passing of the great Economist William J Baumol whose contribution to the subject has been immense.
Join Ruth Tarrant and Jon Clark at Vue Cinema, Westfield Stratford City on Tuesday (9th) or Wednesday (10th) May for a day of intensive revision for A Level Economics.
Ten years ago, the financial crisis began to grip the Western economies. During the course of 2007, GDP growth slowed markedly everywhere. By the end of 2008, output was in free fall. A key theme...
Avocado prices reach record high
There's a major price shock on the way: the price of avocado is going to surge, as a result of increased demand and supply issue in the major exporters. This simple application of D&S means...
Rising bubbles?
Where might the next asset bubble come from? With A level specifications looking for students to understand that speculation and market bubbles are an example of market failure, here are three...
Dominant building firms are breaking the housing market
There's lots of economics here - not least the macroeconomic implications of a concentrated housing market. However, the crux of this issue is that there are worries that the housing market is...
Public Debt - A Long Run Perspective
Elections create uncertainty. But we can be sure of one thing. Regardless of the result, during the course of the next Parliament stealth taxes will rise. This week, we have a sharp rise in...
Cancer Drugs Fund and Government Fund
A new report on the effectiveness of the Cancer Drug Fund set up in 2010 is pretty scathing and covers many aspects of government failure.
Swinton closes branches as consumers move online
Although there are macroeconomic implications, and negative multiplier effects associated with this news from Swinton Insurance, I think that it's more pertinent as a commentary on the changing...
Plain packaging as a nudge to quit smoking
This is a lovely article that suggests that the UK ban on branded cigarette packets could reduce the number of smokers by 300,000, if the measure has the same effect as it had in Australia....
The Changing Economics of the Book Industry
A timely and telling evaluation here of the state of play in the book industry. Retail sales of e-books are declining - the technology has not become as ubiquitous and popular as many assumed. As...
Nestle moves production from the UK to Poland
When it comes to the crunch capital flows to where the risk-adjusted expected returns are highest. Several hundred jobs are at risk in the UK as Nestle announces that production of the Blue Riband...
A remarkable statistic has emerged from yesterday: it was the first day since the Industrial Revolution that coal wasn't used to generate power.
China's Pet Project to Reshape Global Trade
Excellent resource, courtesy of Bloomberg which sets out the importance of the New Silk Road for China's global trade policy. This is a first-rate summary of what Xi Jinping's so-called 'Pet...
10 question multi-choice quiz on Demand and Supply-Side Policies
Here's a 10 question multi-choice quiz on demand and supply-side policies aimed at A Level students. It uses our 'Beat the Zombie' format which asks players to identify the correct answers before...