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.
Best Films of 2016 for Behavioural Economics!
Behavioural Economics meets Hollywood - a great post from Cass Sunstein (co-author of Nudge) on the behavioural economics embedded into some of the year's top films. Some interesting behavioural...
Behavioural Economics for A Level - Explained
A Level Economics students covering aspects of Behavioural Economics in their studies will find many of the key concepts explained and illustrated in the revision videos listed below.
RIP Sir Tony Atkinson
The start of 2017 has brought very sad news as we learn of the passing of Professor Tony Atkinson, one of Britain's best economists.
Economics books due for publication in 2017
There is no better source than Diane Coyle's Enlightenment Economics blog to keep up to speed with the terrific range of new economics books due for publication in 2017 - here is the link to follow.
Aftermath of the Brexit Vote
This is a brilliant blog on the Brexit referendum and the aftermath from John Van Reenen, the former LSE Professor who is now embarking on a new academic life in the United States.
Nudges in the Bar - Choice Architecture and Drinking Less
Here is an interesting article on social norms in the pub contrasted to restaurants.
2016 Global Economy in Ten Charts
Lots to get your teeth into here - ten charts that look at the forces that have shaped the global economy in 2016, including the effect of the Tangerine Dream - as the US economy under Trump might...
Behavioural Economics - Interviews with Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis has a new book out called The Undoing Project - it is the story of the friendship and collaboration between Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky and the emergence of ideas in psychology...
An Animated Guide to Abenomics
This is so good! Reuters has produced an animated guide to recent Japanese travails, highlighting the dangers of inflation, the nature of Abenomics, and looking at whether the policies have been...
Current top trade partners of the United Kingdom
Who knows what 2017 will bring! But this chart courtesy of our friends at Trade News Analysis is a stark reminder of the importance of trade with fellow members of the European Union at the end of...