The Social Cost of Rapid Urbanisation - China's Left Behind Kids
For tens of millions of China's rural adult population, participating in the benefits of economic growth means migrating to the prosperous urban areas. However, in doing so they have left over 60...
Will oil prices rise in 2016?
The collapse in world oil prices since the summer of 2014 has been one of the big economic stories of the last eighteen months.The current low price is not high enough to stimulate the investment...
How should the BBC present economic data?
A very interesting post from Professor Simon Wren-Lewis of Oxford University discussing aspects of how data such as real growth per capita, government debt levels and employment rates could be...
Richard Branson on COP21 and Heathrow Airport (and possible conflicts!)
We're in the finishing stages of putting together the booklets and presentations for our student revision events (click here to book your places) and it is difficult to talk about current stories...
Oil Prices Continue to Slide - So What?
A timely short video here from Anjli Raval from the FT highlighting the continued slide in oil prices. Useful background for all AS & A2 students.
A Level Economics CDP Course Material Offer
We're just back from a really enjoyable and busy programme of A Level Economics CPD this term! Now it's time to clear the decks and get ready for a busy Spring and Summer term. So we've decided to...
Regulation of Bankers' Bonuses - information from the latest Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin
If you caught Geoff's webinar in conjunction with the Bank of England on 4th November you will be aware that we're very excited about the partnership developing between tutor2u and the BoE. The BoE...
Christmas jerseys: a great intellectual challenge
What would you buy Jeremy Corbyn for Christmas? Printable answers only, please. But somehow, a Christmas jumper seems appropriate. It would match the 1980s-style shell suit he wore the other day....
The importance of Central Bank credibility
A recent Gallup Poll shows that only one third of Americans think that the Federal Reserve (the US Central Bank) is doing a good job, and this isn't helped by politicians in the extreme right of...
Is Christmas getting cheaper? Inflation, elasticity and austerity
This fabulous BBC iWonder interactive graphic examining the cost of Christmas is packed as full as an M&S mince pie with super economics. In real terms, your Christmas dinner this year will be...
Do preferential trade agreements harm excluded countries?
Agreements to liberalise trade between groups of countries will boost wages in the partner countries but harm third countries excluded from the agreement. That is the central finding of research by...
Demographic transition? Rising wealth can cause population to grow
Higher national income growth leads to increases in countries’ population growth. That is the central message of research by Professors Markus Brückner and Hannes Schwandt, published in the...
Can migrant workers help overcome Dutch Disease?
The negative effects of a regional resource boom on the local manufacturing sector – a phenomenon that economists call ‘Dutch disease’ – can be partly mitigated by the arrival of temporary foreign...
The difficulties of supply-side infrastructure decisions
David Cameron's decision to delay his verdict on whether to expand Heathrow has been widely derided in the press. Even Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the IMF, whilst praising Britain's...
Why might the US raise its interest rate?
On Wednesday this week, the US Federal Reserve is widely and globally expected to raise its interest rate by one quarter of a percentage point, in its first increase since June 2006. The Economist...
Nurofen - product differentiation or price discrimination?
The Australian judiciary has told the makers of Nurofen (Reckitt Benckiser) that they must withdraw their range of products from Australian shelves, because the products all contain identical...
Two Sides of Inequality in Fast Growing Indonesia
Two residents of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta live almost side by side, yet they are separated by income inequality. Both explain that not everyone has benefited from Indonesia’s economic growth....
Apple's New Campus Revealed Via Drone Footage
tutor2u moved into their new global headquarters only a few months back and you'll find some important parallels between our new research and development centre and the Apple Campus 2 that is...
Extreme poverty: Transforming the lives of the ultra-poor
The ultra-poor is a term linked to extreme poverty rates in some of the world's least developed countries. It was first coined in 1986 by Michael Lipton of the University of Sussex and is defined...
The Equity Premium and Low Interest Rates
One for the behavioural finance students out there! What kinds of returns should we expect from risky stocks and shares (equities)?