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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Each day, we are adding short videos on economics and business in the news. Here are the links for this week:

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Microsoft is said to be laying off 1,900 workers, or nearly 9% of its gaming division after closing its $69 billion acquisition of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard. Job losses following...

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The cost of car insurance in the UK is soaring. Average comprehensive cover is now over £560– a third more than the same time in 2022, according to the Association of British Insurers. This short...

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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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One of the costs of the UK leaving the EU single market will become glaringly apparent in the weeks and months ahead. New post-Brexit border rules are predicted to push up the cost of importing...

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25th January 2024

What is Glocalisation?

Although rumours of the death of globalisation are "greatly exaggerated", it seems to be the case that economies have moved away from seeing it as a panacea, and retrenching in the sense that...

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This World Bank video clip looks at how the organisation has helped make the provision of education more resilient, with schools increasingly designed to withstand extreme weather incidents. This...

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For the first time in 12 years, Apple has overtaken Samsung in the race to be top of the global smartphone market potentially increasing Apple’s monopoly power is a market that is already fairly...

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We've just put the finishing touches to our FREE Synoptic Connections Planners. This resource maps together topics from across the Edexcel specification to help you with your teaching and revision...

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tutor2u has been around for a while now. And some of our resources have reached that point where, having done their duty in the classroom, they've been replaced by newer versions! Not to worry...

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The economists at UK in a Changing Europe have taken a closer look at what has been happening to the UK’s international trade patterns in 2023.

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With the news that the Chancellor is contemplating pre-election tax cuts, Will Hutton's Observer piece here looks at whether this is the best way of boosting economic growth.

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