Electric vehicles at heart of UK industrial strategy
Jaguar Land Rover's announcement that it plans to create 10,000 jobs in the UK was a welcome fillip for the government - however, it's interesting to see that the development of electric vehicles...
Will free air tickets become the norm?
There's never a dull moment when Michael O'Leary's involved. This article looks at how he envisages the future of the airline industry and a possible new business pricing model for Ryanair, based...
Hard Brexit - the EU's Biggest Import Tariffs
Our friends at Trade News Analysis have produced this handy summary of the steepest import tariffs applied by the European Union to non-member nations.
From Cash Cow to Cash Car
A student once left an enormous pile of play-doh on my desk and I didn't know what to make of it! A similar experience awaited employees at a Chinese motor dealership when a small business owner...
Smog and the Clean Air Act
When teaching externalities how about using this clip from the BBC archives?
The Gig Economy and a shrinking Tax Base
An interesting aspect of the 2016 Autumn Statement is evidence that the UK tax base is shrinking as a result of the move towards the 'gig economy'.
The Arms Race for Speed in Financial Markets
In this report from BBC Newsnight, David Grossman investigates how traders are using algorithms to make millions and how millisecond differences in the speed of signals from A to B can make a huge...
Update on Trumponomics
We will be adding resources to this blog entry on the economic fall out from the election of Donald Trump as President.
An Invitation to the 2017 Marshall Society Economics Conference
Tutor2u are pleased to support this event once again held in the beautiful surroundings of the Cambridge Union Building. Here are details of the 2017 Marshall Society conference which promises to...
The Pension Conundrum
Bob Denham and his team at Econ Films has produced a new short film on how changes in average life expectancy is affecting pension pay outs. Can public sector pensions continue to pay out?
What is GDP
The ONS has produced a new infographic on GDP which explains everything clearly and tracks some of the latest data. It is a good study primer for students and teachers.
Uranium prices set to go radioactive
An excellent and lengthy look here at a demand and supply story - this time, though, with greater depth in looking at how the demand for uranium has implications for all sorts of other 'derived'...
Forward Guidance Triggers Behavioural Change
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, was on good form last week when he appeared at the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons. Asked what “forward guidance” meant, he answered...
State of the UK Economy (November 2016)
This is a sixty-slide revision presentation on the state of the UK economy five months on from the June 23rd Brexit vote.
Shrinkflation - Post-Brexit Downsizing
I was chatting to a senior executive of one of the world's biggest chocolate manufacturers a few days ago and his view was that the makers of Toblerone had made a crazy call in cutting out some of...
Airbnb looks to become a travel experience business
An interesting piece in today's Guardian looking at the renewed ambition of Airbnb to recreate itself as a travel company, rather than simply an app to rent room across the globe.
The Making of Vienetta!
Here is a brilliant You Tube clip showing how the much loved Vienetta ice cream is made - a great visual illustration of the power of specialised capital, economies of scale and the prominence of...
Bonfire of the Rupees - De-monetisation in India
It is one of the most dramatic policy decisions in recent years. Last week, Indian Prime Minister Modi announced that from midnight all 500-rupee (£6) and 1,000-rupee notes would cease to be legal...
Economics Quiz of the week - w/e 18 November 2016
Here's this week's 6 question Economics news quiz. Enjoy!
China pushes for their own regional trade deal
The demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has opened the door to the tantalising possibility that the Chinese will conclude a regional trade deal of their own.