Monopsony Power: Supermarket Price War Squeezes Suppliers
An article on monopsony power for you: the ability of large firms to dictate terms to their suppliers, summed up very eloquently.
Pfizer and Allergan's $150bn merger
Another merger on the cards then - horizontal integration at its finest but I confess that the reasons for merger worry me slightly.
Gender and ethnicity (in)equality in social media and tech companies
I found this infographic on employment figures in US-based social media and tech companies this morning, which provides a visual analysis of employment in terms of both gender and ethnicity in...
Which crops are most profitable?
The following infographics can be used to provide lots of insight into relationships between types of crops and levels of development.
OCR A2 Economics F585 Toolkit for June 2016
tutor2u's comprehensive teacher support toolkit for the OCR F585 pre-release material is now available.
Zambia strives to turn natural wealth into human wealth
This is a truly superb resource on the patterns of exports and imports for each country in the world. Zambia features heavily in the F585 case study as an exemplar of a country seeking to move...
Economics Topic Study Notes
The tutor2u Economics Channel features a wide variety of topic study notes designed to support A Level, Pre-U and IB Economics students around the world.
Sustainable Development Goals
There are some great "off-the-shelf" resources available online that can really help students gain a deeper understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Why Financial Markets Matter - Short Lesson Video
A bright and breezy animated introduction to the role and importance of financial markets here from the Bank of England! A useful scene-setter when teaching financial markets.
HBOS Report - Market Failure and Regulatory Capture
A report from the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority has suggested that up to 10 executives that worked for HBOS should be banned from working in the City in the future. The named...
Gender Equality - Higher or Lower Teaching Resource
The World Economic Forum have produced a report ranking countries around the world in terms of their gender equality status. The report ranks over 140 economies according to how well they...
The Cookie Monster and Behavioural Economics
Ahead of yesterday's tutor2u Teaching Behavioural Economics at A-Level CPD event in London, Jon Clark and I were discussing the benefits of using short film and TV clips to illustrate key...
Could Ernie replace Andy? The Bank’s take on automation
The Chief Economist of the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, has been in the news with his predictions that up to 15 million jobs in the UK are at risk of being lost to automation. This is a huge...
Non-price competition - the battle for fast recharging
Battery life and recharging times for portable devices are fast-becoming really significant as non-price factors driving the competitiveness of products. Huawei is a Chinese business that leads...
Structural Unemployment from Mitchell and Webb
I absolutely love this hilarious clip from Mitchell and Webb, which explores the impact of a change in the structure of the economy from the perspective of Stone Age man.
Aggregate demand low investment and corporate cash mountains
Investment as a % of GDP in the UK economy remains in the doldrums, but businesses are not short of cash and the government can borrow on the bond market at historically low interest rates...
The UK Productivity Issue
The British economy has suffered for many years from a persistent productivity gap. Output per person employed has remained well below the level of many of the UK's major competitor nations. Why is...
Hands of Redcar - structural unemployment
There is a super series on the BBC at the moment exploring the impact of the closure of the steelworks in Redcar. You can judge the mood on the ground with this interview with Karen and John who...
Easyjet, local multipliers and economic growth
This article today from the BBC explores the impact that the growth of low-cost airlines such as Easyjet can have on towns and cities that are Easyjet destinations.
Assessing the predicted impact of climate change
I like this map visualisation (below) from the Independent showing which countries are most at risk from climate change - the neat thing about this risk assessment is that it is based on two key...