World Skills Competition Highlights Human Capital
Oh Lordy! I've never come across this before - a sort of supply-side Olympics, World Skills International hosted in Brazil, where nations compete in a variety of categories ranging from web design...
Should we take Corbynomics seriously?
The Guardian carries a piece by the Keynesian economics Robert Skidelsky who, argues that some of Jeremy Corbyn's economic ideas have a degree of sense. The notion of a national sovereign wealth...
London Housing Rent Crisis - More Controls Needed?
This article from the Guardian, Sky-high London rents prompt calls for new controls on landlords, looks at demand and supply in action, not least the speculative demand from overseas for London...
A-levels, Culture, and the Great Regional Divide
Last week saw the ritual tears and joy of the announcement of the A level results. An encouraging aspect was the increase, albeit small, in the percentage of entries in traditional academic...
Wearable tech - the new 'merit good'?
We've all got our favourite example of a merit or demerit good but perhaps a new one has emerged for students to use in their examination responses. A new report out, highlighted in this article...
Linda Yueh on China's Devaluation
What does the devaluation of the Chinese Yuan tell us about the state of the world's largest economy? Linda Yueh, formerly at the BBC and recently returned to academic life at Oxford, provides her...
Final Days for Britain's Deep Mine Pits
The decline of the deep mine coal industry in Britain has been relentless and deeply painful from an economic and social perspective. In this BBC news article the former industrial relations editor...
Will UK Interest Rates Rise?
This is 'revelatory' stuff: David Miles, whose term on the MPC has just finished appears alongside Evan Davis. And frankly, it is rather disappointing: Evan appears in his thrall, David Miles says...
Why There More Hairdressers Now Than in 1871
Although this almost sounds like a set-up line from the excellent Twitter feed @corbynjokes, it isn't. It results from an excellent piece of research by Deloitte's Ian Stewart, Debapratim De and...
Government Failure: Growth Voucher Scheme Branded a Failure
This government scheme designed to help small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) hasn't done much to help them.
Inflation and Interest Rates - Why 2015 is not 1975
In this background article from the Guardian, Larry Elliott draws parallels between the macroeconomic situation in the mid-1970s and today - but also points out the differences too.
Is China's Growth Miracle Over?
A new paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco looks at the background to the Chinese economic growth slowdown.
Price Discrimination in University Fees
Fees paid by overseas students in UK have helped subsidise extra places for UK learners according to a new survey of undergraduate and postgraduate fees (PDF) produced by the London School of...
Africa rising: The new growth agenda (IGC Report)
The Africa Growth Forum of the International Growth Centre held their annual conference in July 2015 and a short report on the main papers is now available.
IMF Report on a Chinese Economy in Transition
China is transitioning to a new normal, with slower yet safer and more sustainable growth according to a new report from the IMF. With China now the globe’s largest economy, success is critical for...
Currency appreciations and economic growth
How might significant currency appreciations affect economic growth in developed and emerging economies? New research published by the World Economic Forum suggests that the effects of a rising...
Quick quiz for your returning A2 students - while you were away...
Here's a quick 10 minute quiz on economic news from the UK and the EU during July and August 2015 intended as a quiz for your returning A2 students in their first lesson back. If nothing else, it...
The squeezed middle
As China's economy apparently begins to stumble, and with the US starting to pick up steam, concerns are growing about the impact that these two economic giants might have on emerging markets....
Perfect Game Theory Starter Activity
A perfect starter on game theory / behavioural economics from The New York Times.
EdExcel Economics Grade Boundaries for 2015
Here are the published grade boundaries for EdExcel AS and A2 Economics for June 2015