Here's our weekly economics news quiz covering stories from the UK and global economic events of the passed 7 days.

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The robots are coming! This article highlights how Sainsbury's are contemplating job cuts, and substituting capital in favour of labour, by increasing the number of automated tills, warehouse...

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Here is our full knowledge organiser pack for Theme 3 for Edexcel A-Level Economics (A). It covers all of the business economics, labour market economics and government intervention topics in the...

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Following the banning e-scooters in Paris, the Mayor of Paris has led a successful vote to increase parking fees for SUVs in central Paris to reduce pollution in the centre of the city.

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Proof here of the unequal distributional effects of the pandemic, with the NIESR reporting that the poorest won't see their living standards recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2027.

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This is a ToK-style article looking at the fact that Ireland is seemingly the most productive country in the world, and yet people wonder whether this is actually 'true' or not?

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The 5th of February is apparently the day that's become known as "national sickie day" but the Guardia have used it to flag up the increased rate of long-term sickness that appears to be holding...

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Has Scotland's minimum alcohol pricing policy worked? The minimum price of alcohol in Scotland is set to rise by 30% to 65p per unit, making a bottle of whisky at least £18.20 in an attempt to...

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An extra intervention to address the externalties from traffic congestion. Citizens in Paris have voted to triple car parking charges for SUVs and it will be interesting to see the impact on demand.

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The government has implemented the much-delayed, new post-Brexit customs controls, such health checks for food and flowers for goods entering the UK from the EU at the end of January.

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Here are the links to our Economics in the News shorts for this week.

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Here's our weekly economics news quiz covering stories from the UK and global economic events of the passed 7 days.

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Here is an excellent article in the Guardian with a Canadian academic, Louis-Philippe Rochon highlighting the arbitrary nature of the 2% inflation target. Remarkably, nearly 60 countries have...

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As the UK’s General Election gets ever closer, the IFS have published a report suggesting that the next government will face some of the toughest economic challenges ever.

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Don't forget that we have newly-updated and free-to-download exam topic trackers for AQA and EdExcel economics. These free resources map questions from past papers against the specification. Here...

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The government are going to legislate to ban disposable vapes, seemingly on the grounds that they are largely responsible for a rise in children vaping. However, is this good economics? Do bans...

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Download this Synoptic Connections Planner for AQA A Level Economics. These comprehensive documents use specification reference numbers to link topics together.

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Each year the JRF publish their report on poverty in the UK and the latest shows that poverty, including deep poverty has been rising.

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Egyptian cotton is highly sought after, and frequently faked. This Business Insider clip looks at why the genuine article, grown in the Nile Delta is so expensive. As per most of these examples,...

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The Guardian summarises the state of play regarding the UK's trading relationships, and those trade deals that have been agreed and those that remain to be agreed.

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