What is Money
This entry curates some teaching and learning content on the important question of what is money?
Ratcheting Up the Renewables Ratio
In the run-up to the Paris Climate Change Conference at the end of the year, expect many more of this sort of article. It's not that there's a vested interest here, because there is but the scheme...
Topical Economics Quiz - 'Stay A Head'!
Here's an interactive Powerpoint quiz on current news events in worldwide economics (from the week beginning 14 September 2015) to test whether your students have been actively following the...
China's huge changes
This interactive graphic from the BBC is, I think, one of the most useful graphics I have seen in terms of mapping the huge changes that the Chinese economy has undergone in the past couple of...
20 Common Behavioural Biases
Click here for an infographic on 20 of the most common cognitive biases that can mess with your head when it’s decision time! Better still click below to download the word file that I have created...
Is Another Mega Brewing Merger On The Cards?
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer by sales, has approached rival SABMiller to explore a tie-up. This Financial Times discussion video looks at some of the possible motives behind the...
Poundland merger with 99p Stores approved
Poundland's merger with 99p Stores - its biggest rival - increasing concentration in this discount sector of the market, has been approved - hurrah! The Competition and Markets Authority feels that...
The Economic Efficiency of Roundabouts
In every single metric, roundabouts beat intersections in efficiency. That is the conclusion of a new study published on the Priceonomics website. Click here for the article
Global Competitiveness Report 2015-16
The 2015-16 Global Competitiveness Report is due to be published later on this week and we'll post the key results and country movers when it is launched. For the moment, here is a good short video...
Network Rail privatisation on the table
The future of Network Rail is highlighted as the executive responsible for advising the government on how to proceed rail infrastructure investment is due to report. In this interview with the BBC...
Corbynomics sparks economic debate
Chris Giles the FT's economic editor and Martin Sandbhu, an economics writer, discuss what is meant by the term 'Corbynomics'. The clip starts from the perspective of trying to give it a fair...
Why Uber's surge pricing is good for you, according to Uber
A fantastic piece here looking at the function of prices, in this case by considering Uber's 'surge pricing'. Although many see 'surge pricing' as unfair, a study funded by Uber and conducted at...
Transport Economics Conference 2015
On Friday 18th September, I took my Upper Sixth economists to the annual 'Transport Economics Conference' at the University of Huddersfield. Dr David Warnock-Smith introduced the conference by...
Swipe-it! Internal and External Economies of Scale
Beyond the Bike - photo lesson starters
Stuart and Claire are aiming to take some key photos each way that can used as lesson starters in the economics classroom. This week we have three photos, along with some suggested discussion...
Beyond the Bike resource - comparing Uganda and the Netherlands
In the last week, Stuart and Claire flew from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Kampala in Uganda. You can download our learning resource to accompany this leg of the journey here.
Beyond the Bike resources - international trade routes
The first Beyond the Bike resource for this week helps students to gain a better understanding of old and new trade routes. You can download this maps-based resource here.
Using the Rugby World Cup to look at Index Numbers
Here's a nice resource from the furtive imagination of regular tutor2u contributor Penny Brooks. Like many of you, Penny is looking to ensure that general numeracy and other quantitative methods...
John McDonnell's Economics
Heather Stewart in the Guardian attempts to identify the credo of the new Shadow Chancellor, and in doing so cites one name I'd be happy with - Mazzucato - and then little else. Yes, John McDonnell...
Corruption hurts the Brazilian economy
When we come to looking at the Brazilian economy in more depth later on this year, I will be pointing students to this article on corruption surround Petrobras from the BBC website. For many...