Teaching Labour Market Economics at A Level - Course Resource Pack
Labour market economics now takes a more prominent place in the teaching content of A Level Economics specifications. Delegates at our recent CPD course on Labour market economics were able to...
Will China intervene to prevent capital flight?
In this video piece, the FT looks at the possibility of China introducing capital controls to stop the flood of currency reserves out of the country. The collapse of the Chinese exchange rate has...
Growth Miracles and Growth Disasters
Marginal Revolution University produces some great material - although it might be a little bit 'American' by some. However, this short video clip looks at what causes divergent growth rates, with...
Collusion - Car Parts firms fined for price fixing
A relevant story here about collusion between some of the world's largest manufacturers of car parts. In this case, Mitsubishi Electronic and Hitachi have been found guilty of rigging the EU market...
Trip Advisor Reviews - Fixed and Variable Costs in Action!
A nice lesson in fixed and variable costs right here!
Economics Scattergories
Looking for something different to get your Economics students thinking? Try this version of the popular game as a starter or revision exercise - you can download the editable word file to suit!
Teaching Behavioural Economics at A Level - Course Resource Pack
Behavioural Economics is a fascinating new element for some A Level Economics specifications and delegates attending our recent CPD course had time to explore a wide range of new resources to...
Interactive Oil Supply Curves
Have you ever tried to plot a supply curve? Can you illustrate the positive relationship of higher prices stimulating a greater quantity supplied? Teachers or students covering this topic might...
Creative Destruction & TV Viewing
It won't be a surprise to many students that the relevance of the internet and its content is now becoming greater than TV (click here for an article on the change). It's a really good example of...
The economic impact of lower oil prices
Oversupply and excess stockpiles of oil is causing the price of oil to tumble, and leading to calls from OPEC for non-OPEC members to cooperate in order to maintain a higher oil price. Clearly this...
We're delighted to announce the immediate availability of brand new versions of our popular Course Companions for Edexcel A2 Economics.
South African Rand in Freefall - The Barmy Army's Take!
The South African rand is in freefall at the moment and England's Barmy Army watching the test match the other day decided to poke some gentle fun at their hosts. This would make a great starter...
The Big Short - Organise an Economics Class Trip!
I saw The Big Short last night - it has Oscar winner written all over it, especially a fantastic performance from Steve Carell. Why not organise a class trip for Economics students? The Big Short...
Beyond the Bike lesson resource - analysing the impact of Uber
This week's Beyond the Bike lesson resource provides students with the opportunity to examine Uber more closely using their Theory of the Firm knowledge, as well as assessing the growth and...
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Lesson Resource
A great idea to get students thinking about AD-AS using Pinterest.
The Price of Blue and Pink - Gender Pricing Under Scrutiny
There has been a lot of coverage in the media in recent days about a cluster of surveys which appear to show evidence of gender-pricing for more or less identical products - in other words price...
Asda cuts costs to counter the onslaught from Lidl and Aldi
Political scientists often talk of the 'squeezed middle' and this appears to be what's happening in the supermarket sector. Asda appear to be feeling the pinch, and are looking at having to retrench.
Customer apathy limits banking contestability
This little snippet on the BBC website flags up the relative lack of 'market churn' in the banking sector, and perhaps the lack of competition in the sector. Customer inertia has meant that the...
25 stories on Market Failure
Here's a whole heap of news and theory on Market Failure.
Is private sector debt sinking China?
The eyes of the financial and economics worlds are now focussed on China. A fascinating perspective was provided last week in the leafy borough of Kingston upon Thames. The university has recruited...