Doctors call for a 20% tax of sugary foods and drinks
The British Medical Association - an insider pressure group - has published a new report lobbying for a new 20% tax on high-sugar foods and drinks. It estimates poor diets are causing around 70,000...
Building Capabilities - Car Manufacturing in Ghana
Building capabilities across networks of industries is key to raising productivity and competitiveness in developing countries. This BBC news video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33319484...
Labels are for cans not for people
A summer hat tip to behavioural economist Paul Craven for highlighting the many behavioural biases addressed in this brilliant advert for Coke.
Microsoft and Nokia - A Merger Made in Hell
The marriage between Microsoft and Nokia will go down as a classic example for students to consider when analysing and evaluating the risks associated with corporate integration.
Building Sustainable Transport in Vietnam
This short video from the World Bank looks at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam which is developing a rapid bus transit system using green technology, which runs through the city's important economic...
Mapping out the financial system
Financial economics is given a greater weighting in the new economics specifications and this new Bank of England video from their Quarterly Bulletin will help to explain how the different parts of...
Calling all budding Economics journalists!
Tegh and I would like to invite applications from any passionate and enthusiastic economists moving into their final year of school to apply for a role on the editorial body of the student magazine...
Is the 2015 Budget Regressive for Poorer Families?
The July 2015 budget was championed as improving work incentives for poorer households. But there are many claiming that welfare reforms and benefit cuts will actually worsen poverty among hundreds...
Social Safety Nets in Developing Countries
New research from the World Bank underlines the lack of social safety nets facing hundreds of millions of people in many of the world's poorest countries. The World Bank finds that only 1/3 of the...
Uber Surge Pricing and the Tube Strike
The strike on the London Underground perhaps inevitably caused a spike in market demand for taxis among them drivers who provide services via the fast-growing taxi app Uber. Uber employs a surge...
Osborne rebrands the Minimum Wage
One of the most eye-catching announcements in the July 2015 Budget came right at the end, namely a decision to rebrand the minimum wage into George Osborne's interpretation of a compulsory Living...
Key Decisions in the July 2015 Budget
A summary of some of the key measures announced by George Osborne in his July 2015 Budget
New book on UK economy from David Smith
David Smith, the Economics correspondent of the Sunday Times is a frequent and much valued speaker at many of the Tutor2u events. At this fascinating time for the British, European and Global...
Archaic definition of child poverty needs to go
David Cameron is feeling the heat. This is not just a consequence of the sudden dramatic rise in London temperatures. The need to extract something meaningful from our EU partners and the increased...
Guaranteed bank deposits and the market for lemons
One aspect of the Greek crisis which will affect many readers is the reduction in the amount of cash in a bank deposit which is protected. The Bank of England announced that the current guaranteed...
Missing links in the Productivity Puzzle
Tom White posted a link to a BBC video about the Productivity Puzzle last week, and here is another.
Productivity Puzzle video clip
Several blogs have discussed the rival theories why UK productivity appears so much lower than in comparable economies. The BBC have posted up a video that could serve as a helpful introduction....
Crowdfunding to repay the Greek debt
While Tom White's blog yesterday, about Debt Relief, might well be taken to apply to the plight of Greece, here's another alternative. Thom Feeney, a 29-year old Yorkshireman who lives and works...
Here's a quick and fun starter for your next session with your AS students (if they are still with you!). Lots of teachers will be scrabbling around at the moment to try and run something that is...
New Economics CPD events for 2015-2016
We've had a fantastic year of Economics CPD events in 2014-2015. It was great to see so many faces at our third Wow Economics day around the country and equally pleasing to meet delegates at our...