eSports Earnings Rival Real Sports!
Like them or loathe them but the highest-grossing players in E-Sports are now earning big league prize money. This league table provides the evidence.
My Top 30 Books for Economics and Business Reading in 2017
Here is my updated listing of thirty books for superb enrichment reading over the next twelve months!
Scotland's Baby Box Scheme
The Scottish Government is committing to spending £6m a year to roll out their Baby Box scheme.
Economics News Quiz - w/e 06/01/2017
Happy New Year to you all! Here's this week's 6 question Economics News Quiz for use in your classes early next week.
Toxic Diesel Fumes Prompt Calls for Control
Not good news for diesel car owners - or the environment - as a new report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) makes clear. In it, they reveal that diesel cars produce 10x...
Shut Down Point in Action: Jamie Oliver Closes 6 Restaurants
Here is a good contextual example of the shut-down point in action. Six of the 42 Jamie's Italian restaurants are to close down with the business citing rising variable costs caused by the slump in...
Crash and the Michael Fish Moment for Economists
Here's a summary from the BBC regarding the similarities between Michael Fish's hurricane-forecasting disaster from 1987 and the failure of central banks to correctly forecast the financial crisis...
UK Economy Defies Brexit Predictions
The FT returns to work, with Martin Sandbu and Chris Giles looking at the post-Brexit economy, pointing out that the strong performance of the economy since the Brexit vote has confounded optimists...
Threat's to Mexico's Auto Industry
The news that Ford has cancelled plans for a $1.6bn Mexican plant and opted to make future electric and self-driving cars in Michigan is part of the growing threat facing the Mexican car industry...
Moore's Law not dead claims Intel boss
One for the tech nerds: Moore's law still holds. The definition is given in the introduction to the article - and has implications for costs and for GDP too! However, will the law of diminishing...
Be an Economist (and be less stressed!)
A favourite question I am often asked by prospective Economics students (and their families) is 'what career can I have with an Economics qualification?' My stock answer generally revolves around...
China's Future Economy
The FT's Beijing Correspondent Yuan Yang journeys into the manufacturing heartlands of the Chinese interior and finds that rapid industrial growth is giving way to less secure and less well paid...
India's Dynamic Progress in Clean Energy
Tamil Nadu in India is home to the world's largest solar energy farm and a newly opened industrial plant is capturing the CO2 emissions from a coal boiler and using the CO2 to make valuable chemicals.
What is Fat Cat Wednesday?
The High Pay Centre have come out with the remarkable claim that looking at average FTSE 100 CEO salaries, they will have passed the £28,000 average salary by Wednesday lunchtime.
The Pay Penalty for Having Children
More labour market economics, with a Resolution Foundation report looking at gender inequality, highlighting that the gender pay gap is only 5% for workers in their 20s but rises for workers in...
Who wants to be a Trillionaire?
This Marginal Revolution clip is excellent, and tongue-in-cheek in looking at the Zimbabwean economy.
Finland give €560 basic income to unemployed
Finland have become the first European nation to trial a system of paying a basic income (worth €560 a month) to unemployed people.
Not Quite the Vinyl Countdown
Really interesting article here about changes in consumer tastes - with sales of vinyl at their highest since 1991 and vinyl sales outstripping digital downloads too. However, there's even more...
Tesco abandons razor blade price discrimination
Tesco has announced it is ending the practice of charging more for women's razor blades than men.
From Seamen to Siemens - Hull's Economy has Wind in the Turbines
The launch of manufacturing at thenew Siemens wind turbine plant in Hull is important for the health of the East Yorkshire economy.