Supply-side Economics: Commercialising University Research
This brand new short film from Cambridge Enterprise highlights six of their successes in bringing inventions to market - be it ground-breaking drugs with the potential to save millions of lives, or...
Exposure to the Chinese Economic Slowdown
In this excellent short six minute discussion George Magnus, associate at Oxford University's China Centre, explains to FT's Dan McCrum who is exposed to China's slowdown and how it is changing.
Groucho Marx and Property Bubbles
The commercial property market in London has been booming for several years. The Bank of England is concerned about yet another property bubble building up. The executive director for financial...
Retail without the Risk - The Low Cost Gym Industry
Retail without the risk? The Gym Group is a low-cost fitness chains and one of many that is racing to open up new gyms by leasing some of the spare retail space on Britain's beleaguered high...
AQA AS Economics Practice Papers
We've just completed the first collection of practice exam papers for the new AQA A Level (AS) Economics specifications.
Edexcel Economics A (AS) Practice Exam Papers
We pleased to announce the completion of a new suite of four practice exam papers for the new Edexcel Economics A (AS) specification.
OECD cuts global growth forecast
The world economy normally grows by around 4% each year and a growth rate of 3% is regarded by many as tantamount to a new global recession. The OCED's latest macro forecast reflects concerns about...
Investment Ratios for Selected Countries
As part of A2 macroeconomics we have been looking at capital investment ratios for a number of countries. Investment has important demand and supply-side effects. The UK has a relatively low rate...
Premature Deindustrialization in Africa
A decade of fast growth driven mainly by rampant commodity price inflation has left many African countries vulnerable to the Chinese economic slowdown.
Dynamic Pricing from Digital Profiles
A hat tip to Matt Smith for spotting this one and putting on his excellent twitter feed @EconomicsALevel This article from the Guardian will be a go-to resource when I start teaching the economics...
Outward Migration from India - Brain Drain or Brain Deposit?
This is a really important development economics issue. India and many other developing / emerging countries has seen a significant rise in net outward migration of skilled people. To what extent...
African Population Growth - Dividend or Disaster
Can Africa's booming population be harnessed for economic growth? This new book - available for free download from the World Bank - explores many of the issues. Click here for the resource
Go Ahead Punk IPA - Make my Day!
Brewdog is one of those case studies in small business growth that offers so many rich contextual examples for students - their distinctive approach to craft brewing, novel fund raising, move...
Searching for an Environmental Kuznets Curve
As countries become richer, is there a turning point beyond which they successfully start to reduce their CO2 emissions per capita? The charted animation below takes a selection of countries and...
HDI Progress for Selected Countries
This chart tracks changes in HDIO and GNI per capita (PPP) for a selection of countries that we are studying as part of our A2 development economics module.
GNI per Capita and Life Expectancy
This data comes from the World Bank data explorer and looks at the differences in per capita GNI (PPP) and life expectancy for the countries of the world. The size of the bubbles reflects the total...
Infant Mortality and the HDI
Infant mortality is measured by the probability of dying between birth and exactly age 1, expressed per 1,000 live births. The data for countries matched against their HDI score for 2013 is shown...
Gender Inequality and the HDI
The United Nations now publishes data on the scale and depth of gender inequalities across countries. The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality in achievements...
HDI and the Palma Ratio
The Palma ratio is a measure of inequality. It is the ratio of the richest 10% of the population’s share of gross national income (GNI) divided by the poorest 40%’s share. It is based on the work...
Strikes as Nudges - Upsides from the Tube Strike
In February 2014, strikes by staff on London’s underground network enabled a sizeable fraction of commuters to find better routes, according to research by Ferdinand Rauch and colleagues. Many...